2 Kings 24:11

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.

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KJV

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.

ASV

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it;

YLT

and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon cometh against the city, and his servants are laying siege to it,

DBT

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, while his servants were besieging it.

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And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city,.... He came in person, following his army: and his servants did besiege it; very closely.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

Related commentary

There is an excellent and significant illustration in the book of Kings, showing how the sin of fornication is prevented by an attack of pride.

John Cassian· CONFERENCE 5.12, 435patristic

But Nebuchadnezzar's clemency towards the kings of Judah was now exhausted, so that Jehoiachin was sent as a captive to Babylon, according to Jeremiah's prediction (Jer 22:24), accompanied by the queen mother (the same who had held that dignity under Jehoahaz) (2Ki 23:31), his generals, and officers.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Isaiah 29:3
I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.
Isaiah 36:17
until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
Ezekiel 19:8
Then the nations set out against him from the provinces on every side. They spread their net over him; he was trapped in their pit.

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Who & where

PlaceBabil Governorate (archaeological site)BabylonAncient Mesopotamian city and imperial capital; site of the Israelite exile and a recurring biblical symbol of worldly power.

About this book

Elijah Ascends to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

2 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.

Canon: Old Testament
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

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