2 Kings 25 · Verse 2

2 Kings 25:2

And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
2 Kings 25:2, King James Version

2 Kings 25:2 in other translations

BSBAnd the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
WEBSo the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
ASVSo the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
YLTAnd the city entereth into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,
DARBYAnd the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
BBEAnd the town was shut in by their forces till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
WebsterAnd the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

What does 2 Kings 25:2 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 And the city was besieged, etc. - Nebuchadnezzar, having routed the Egyptian army, returned to Jerusalem, and besieged it so closely that, being reduced by famine, and a breach made in the wall, the Chaldeans entered it on the ninth day of the fourth month, (Wednesday, July 27), Zedekiah and many others endeavoring to make their escape by night.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 25:1-7

The rest of the Jews flee into Egypt, Evil-merodach relieves the captivity of Jehoiachin. (22-30) Verses 1-7 Jerusalem was so fortified, that it could not be taken till famine rendered the besieged unable to resist. In the prophecy and Lamentations of Jeremiah, we find more of this event; here it suffices to say, that the impiety and misery of the besieged were very great. At length the city was taken by storm. The…

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2 Kings 25:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתָּבֹ֥אva.ta.Vo'and it cameH935
הָעִ֖ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
בַּמָּצ֑וֹרba.ma.Tzorin <the> state of siegeH4692
עַ֚ד'aduntilH5704
עַשְׁתֵּ֣י'ash.Teione [plus]H6249
עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה'es.RehtenH6240
שָׁנָ֔הsha.NahyearH8141
לַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhof the kingH4428
צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ\׃tzid.ki.Ya.huZedekiahH6667

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • 2 Kings 25:1

    And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.

  • 2 Kings 25:2

    And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

  • 2 Kings 25:3

    And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

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2 Kings 25:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y estuvo la ciudad cercada hasta el undécimo año del rey Sedecías.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et la ville fut assiégée jusqu’à la onzième année du roi Sédécias.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Stadt kam in Belagerung bis in das elfte Jahr des Königs Zedekia.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et clausa est civitas atque vallata usque ad undecimum annum regis Sedeciæ,