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Jeremiah 39:1 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 39 · verse 1
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.Jeremiah 39:1 · King James Version
Jeremiah 39:1 in context
1In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
2And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.
3And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- NebuchadrezzarNᵉbûwkadneʼtstsarNebukadnetstsar , king of BabylonH5019 →
- ZedekiahTsidqîyâhTsidkijah, the name of six IsraelitesH6667 →
- BabylonBâbelBabel , including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireH894 →
- ninthtᵉshîyʻîyninthH8671 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- tenthʻăsîyrîytenthH6224 →
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We were told, in the close of the foregoing chapter, that Jeremiah abode patiently in the court of the prison, until the day that Jerusalem was taken. He gave the princes no further disturbance by his prophesying, nor they him by their persecutions;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10