Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
WEB
And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
YLT
And the city entereth into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,
DBT
And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old Testament2 Kings — Two kingdoms on parallel but diverging arcs. Elisha's ministry; Samaria falls to Assyria in 722 BC; Jerusalem falls to Babylon in 586 BC. Prophets interpose; kings refuse; the exile comes — and closes on a whisper of covenant hope.
- Author
- Compiler anonymous; Jewish tradition attributes to Jeremiah (same as 1 Kings)
- Date
- Events c. 852–560 BC; closing coda places composition in the mid-exile, c. 560 BC