2 Kings 24:11
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
2 Kings 24:11 in other translations
| BSB | And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it. |
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| WEB | Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it, |
| ASV | And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it; |
| YLT | and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon cometh against the city, and his servants are laying siege to it, |
| DARBY | And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, while his servants were besieging it. |
| BBE | And Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came there, while his servants were shutting in the town; |
| Webster | And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants besieged it. |
What does 2 Kings 24:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 24:10-16
10-13. At that time--within three months after his accession to the throne. It was the spring of the year (2Ch 36:10); so early did he indicate a feeling hostile to the interests of his Assyrian liege lord, by forming a league with Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar sent his generals to besiege Jerusalem, as Jeremiah had foretold (Jr 22:28; 34:20), and soon after he followed in person. Convinced of the hopelessness of making any…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 24:8-20
Jehoiachin reigned but three months, yet long enough to show that he justly smarted for his fathers' sins, for he trod in their steps. His uncle was intrusted with the government. This Zedekiah was the last of the kings of Judah. Though the judgments of God upon the three kings before him might have warned him, he did that which was evil, like them. When those intrusted with the counsels of a nation act unwisely…
2 Kings 24:11 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 2 Kings 24:10
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
- 2 Kings 24:11
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
- 2 Kings 24:12
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
2 Kings 24:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Vino también Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia contra la ciudad, cuando sus siervos la tenían cercada. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Nebucadnetsar, roi de Babylone, vint contre la ville, pendant que ses serviteurs l’assiégeaient. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Nebukadnezar, der König von Babel, kam zu der Stadt, während seine Knechte sie belagerten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Venitque Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis ad civitatem cum servis suis ut oppugnarent eam. |