2 Kings 24:11

Easy-to-Read Version

Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.

Hebrew Names Version
Nevukhadnetztzar king of Bavel came to the city, while his servants were besieging it;

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

English Standard Version
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,

New Century Version
Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city while his officers were attacking it.

New English Translation
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his generals were besieging it.

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

New American Standard Bible
And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it.

World English Bible
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel came against the citie, and his seruants did besiege it.

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

Berean Standard Bible
And King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.

Contemporary English Version
During the attack, Nebuchadnezzar himself arrived at the city.

Complete Jewish Bible
N'vukhadnetzar king of Bavel himself went to the city while it was under siege;

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

George Lamsa Translation
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants were besieging it.

Good News Translation
During the siege Nebuchadnezzar himself came to Jerusalem,

Lexham English Bible
Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city while his servants were besieging it.

Literal Translation
And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants lay siege to it.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan Nabuchodonosor and his seruauntes came to the cite they layed sege vnto it.

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

Bible in Basic English
And Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came there, while his servants were shutting in the town;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon came against the citie, and his seruauntes did besiege it.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it.

King James Version (1611)
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the citie, and his seruants did besiege it.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants besieged it.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, cam to the citee with hise seruauntis, that he schulde fiyte ayens it.

Update Bible Version
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city, while his slaves were besieging it;

Webster's Bible Translation
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants besieged it.

New King James Version
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, as his servants were besieging it.

New Living Translation
Nebuchadnezzar himself arrived at the city during the siege.

New Life Bible
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city, while his soldiers were all around it trying to take it.

New Revised Standard
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants were about to besiege it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, came to the city, with his servants, to assault it.

Revised Standard Version
And Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it;

Young's Literal Translation
and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon cometh against the city, and his servants are laying siege to it,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it.

Contextual Overview

⁸ Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he began to rule. He ruled three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan from Jerusalem. ⁹ Jehoiachin did what the Lord said was wrong. He did all the same things that his father had done. ¹⁰ At that time the officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and surrounded it. ¹¹ Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city. ¹² King Jehoiachin of Judah went out to meet the king of Babylon. His mother, his officers, leaders, and officials also went with him. Then the king of Babylon captured Jehoiachin. This was during the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar's rule. ¹³ Nebuchadnezzar took from Jerusalem all the treasures in the Lord 's Temple and all the treasures in the king's palace. He cut up all the golden dishes that King Solomon of Israel had put in the Lord 's Temple. This happened just as the Lord had said. ¹⁴ Nebuchadnezzar captured all the people of Jerusalem, including the leaders and other wealthy people. He took 10,000 people and made them prisoners. He took all the skilled workers and craftsmen. No one was left, except the poorest of the common people. ¹⁵ Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon as a prisoner. He also took the king's mother, his wives, officers, and the leading men of the land. He took them from Jerusalem to Babylon as prisoners. ¹⁶ There were 7000 soldiers. Nebuchadnezzar took all the soldiers and 1000 of the skilled workers and craftsmen. All these men were trained soldiers, ready for war. The king of Babylon took them to Babylon as prisoners. ¹⁷ The king of Babylon made Mattaniah the new king. Mattaniah was Jehoiachin's uncle. He changed his name to Zedekiah.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:52 - General Isaiah 29:3 - General Isaiah 36:17 - I come

Cross-References

Genesis 24:13
Here I am, standing by this well of water, and the young women from the city are coming out to get water.

Genesis 24:14
I will say to one of them, ‘Please put your jar down so that I can drink.' Let her answer show whether she is the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. If she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give water to your camels,' I will know that she is the right one. It will be proof that you have shown kindness to my master."

Genesis 24:20
So Rebekah quickly poured all the water from her jar into the drinking trough for the camels. Then she ran to the well to get more water, and she gave water to all the camels.

Exodus 2:16
There was a priest there who had seven daughters. These girls came to that well to get water for their father's sheep. They were trying to fill the water trough with water.

Proverbs 12:10
Good people take good care of their animals, but the wicked know only how to be cruel.

John 4:7
A Samaritan woman came to the well to get some water, and Jesus said to her, "Please give me a drink."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city,.... He came in person, following his army:

and his servants did besiege it; very closely.