KJVAnd 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.
On 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.
2 Kings — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
S E C O N D K I N G S CHAP. XXV. Ever since David's time Jerusalem had been a celebrated place, beautiful for situation and the joy of the whole earth: while the book of psalms lasts that name will sound great. In the New Testament we read…