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Jeremiah 52:4

in Jeremiah 52

So 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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.

KJV

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.

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This verse in Jeremiah 52

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign

on Jeremiah 52:4-7

The siege begins “on the tenth day of the tenth month” of Zedekiah’s ninth year. A year and a half later “the people of the land had no food.” The men of war flee “by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden.”

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Ninth year - tenth month - Answering nearly to our January.

The words behind it

23 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.

  • וַיְהִי֩and it was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • בַשָּׁנָ֨הin the year

    vashanahH8141 →877 times

  • הַתְּשִׁעִ֜ית<the> ninth

    hateshiitH8671 →18 times

  • לְמָלְכ֗וֹof reigning his

    lemalekhoH4427 →348 times

  • בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁin the month

    bachodeshH2320 →284 times

  • הָעֲשִׂירִי֮<the> tenth

    haasiriH6224 →29 times

  • בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹרon the ten

    beasorH6218 →

  • לַחֹדֶשׁ֒of the month

    lachodeshH2320 →284 times

  • בָּ֠אhe came

    ba'H935 →2568 times

  • נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֨רNebuchadnezzar

    nevukhadretzarH5019 →60 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • בָּבֶ֜לBabylon

    bavelH894 →262 times

  • ה֤וּאhe

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • וְכָל־and all

    vekholH3605 →5413 times

  • חֵילוֹ֙army his

    cheiloH2428 →246 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םJerusalem

    yerushalimH3389 →643 times

  • וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּand they encamped

    vaiyachanuH2583 →

  • עָלֶ֑יהָon it

    ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times

  • וַיִּבְנ֥וּand they built

    vaiyivnuH1129 →376 times

  • עָלֶ֛יהָon it

    ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times

  • דָּיֵ֖קa siege-wall

    dayekH1785 →

  • סָבִֽיב׃all around

    savivH5439 →336 times

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

Related verses

18 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.

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 Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”6 worksJeremiah 39:1In 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.5 worksEzekiel 24:1–2In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,4 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 worksJeremiah 32:24See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!3 worksJeremiah 52:7Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 26:8He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.3 worksDeuteronomy 28:52–57They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.2 worksLeviticus 26:25And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.2 works2 Kings 25:1–27So 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 worksLuke 21:20But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.2 worksIsaiah 29:3I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.2 worksEzekiel 4:1–7“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.2 worksLuke 19:43For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.2 worksEzekiel 21:22In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.2 worksJeremiah 6:3–6Shepherds and their flocks will come against her; they will pitch their tents all around her, each tending his own portion:2 worksIsaiah 42:24–25Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.2 worksDaniel 11:15Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.2 works

The walk

8 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 7:3

      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?”

    • 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?

    • Psalms 30:11

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

  • Through

    Jeremiah 32:24

    See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 23:15–16

      But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from…

    • Jeremiah 32:36

      Now therefore, about this city of which you say, ‘It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword and famine and plague,’ this is what the LORD, the God…

    • Jeremiah 33:4

      For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the houses of this city and the palaces of the kings of Judah that have been torn down for defense against the…

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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 52 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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