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Jeremiah 39:1

in Jeremiah 39

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

(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 besieged it;

KJV

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.

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This verse in Jeremiah 39

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
“The Capture of Jerusalem” - The majority of the particulars given in Jer 39:1-14 occur again (marginal reference); and are by some regarded as an interpolation. The external evidence (that of the versions) is, however, in favor of their authenticity. Jer 39:14 is to be reconciled with Jer 40:1-4 by remembering that Gedaliah had left Jerusalem and gone to Mizpah Jer 40:6, a city in the immediate neighborhood; and as he was not at home to protect the prophet, nothing is more probable than that Jeremiah in company with the main body of captives was brought to Ramah in chains.

This site's exposition

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army

on Jeremiah 39:1-3

The siege is dated from the ninth year to “the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year,” when “the city was breached.” Babylon’s officials take their seats in the Middle Gate. Keil and Barnes identify Nergal-sharezer with Neriglissar of the Greek historians, a later king of Babylon.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

A commentator

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

proposed

Anno nono Zedechiae regis Jehudah, mense decimo venit Nebuchadnezer rex Babylonis et totus exercitus ejus Jerosolymam, et obsiderunt eam. 2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

ninth year . . . tenth month--and on the tenth day of it (Jer 52:4; From Jer 39:2, "eleventh year . . . fourth month . . . ninth day," we know the siege lasted one and a half years, excepting the suspension of it caused by Pharaoh. Nebuchadnezzar was present in the beginning of the siege, but was at Riblah at its close (Jer 39:3, 6; compare Jer 38:17).

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

In the ninth year of Zedekiah - in the tenth month - This month is called Tebeth in Est 2:16. It began with the first new moon of our January, and it was on the tenth day of this month that Nebuchadnezzar invested the city.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בַּשָּׁנָ֣הin the year

    bashanahH8141 →877 times

  • הַ֠תְּשִׁעִית<the> ninth

    hateshiitH8671 →18 times

  • לְצִדְקִיָּ֨הוּof Zedekiah

    letzidkiyahuH6667 →63 times

  • מֶלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֜הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁin the month

    bachodeshH2320 →284 times

  • הָעֲשִׂרִ֗י<the> tenth

    haasiriH6224 →29 times

  • בָּ֠אhe came

    ba'H935 →2568 times

  • נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֨רNebuchadnezzar

    nevukhadretzarH5019 →60 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • בָּבֶ֤לBabylon

    bavelH894 →262 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • חֵילוֹ֙army his

    cheiloH2428 →246 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וַיָּצֻ֖רוּand they laid siege

    vaiyatzuruH6696 →38 times

  • עָלֶֽיהָ׃ סon it

    ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

7 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 52:4So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.5 worksEzekiel 24:2“Son of man, write down today’s date, for on this very day the king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem.4 worksEzekiel 24:1–2In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,3 worksZechariah 8:19“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”2 works2 Kings 25:1–12So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.2 worksEzekiel 4:3Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.2 works
The other 1 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 4:16Warn the nations now! Proclaim to Jerusalem: “A besieging army comes from a distant land; they raise their voices against the cities of Judah.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Zechariah 8:19

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of…

    it leads to

    • Zechariah 8:16

      These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,

    • Jeremiah 39:2

      And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.

    • Zechariah 7:5

      “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?

    • Zechariah 7:3

      by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”

    • Psalms 30:11

      You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Where this verse is studied

On this page

Studies1

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 39 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentaries and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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