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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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsOn the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
on the ninth of the month--when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath not been bread for the people of the land,
On the ninth of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
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