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Literal Standard Version

2 Kings 24:10

At that time servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon have come up to Jerusalem, and the city goes into siege,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Babylon;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jehoiachin;   Jerusalem;   Prophecy;   Siege;   Thompson Chain Reference - Israel;   Jerusalem;   Jews;   Sieges;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Babylon;   Jerusalem;   Kings;   Sieges;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Jehoiachin;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Jehoiachin;   Jeremiah;   Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Zedekiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jerusalem;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Babylon, History and Religion of;   Exile;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Zerubbabel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Jeremiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Babylon ;   Jehoiachin ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jehoiachin;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jeho-I'achin;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Captivity;   Jehoiachin;   Siege;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Metals;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
At that time the servants of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
Hebrew Names Version
At that time the servants of Nevukhadnetztzar king of Bavel came up to Yerushalayim, and the city was besieged.
King James Version
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
English Standard Version
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
New Century Version
At that time the officers of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem. When they reached the city, they attacked it.
New English Translation
At that time the generals of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched to Jerusalem and besieged the city.
Amplified Bible
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
New American Standard Bible
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
World English Bible
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
Geneva Bible (1587)
In that time came the seruants of Nebuchad-nezzar king of Babel vp against Ierusalem: so the citie was besieged.
Legacy Standard Bible
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
Berean Standard Bible
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
Contemporary English Version
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia sent troops to attack Jerusalem soon after Jehoiachin became king.
Complete Jewish Bible
It was then that the officers of N'vukhadnetzar king of Bavel marched on Yerushalayim and laid siege to the city.
Darby Translation
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
Easy-to-Read Version
At that time the officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and surrounded it.
George Lamsa Translation
At that time Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem and the city was besieged.
Good News Translation
It was during his reign that the Babylonian army, commanded by King Nebuchadnezzar's officers, marched against Jerusalem and besieged it.
Lexham English Bible
At that time, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and the city came under the siege.
Literal Translation
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
At the same tyme wente the seruauntes of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon vp to Ierusalem, and came vpon the cyte with ordinaunce of warre.
American Standard Version
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
Bible in Basic English
At that time the armies of Nebuchadnezzar came up to Jerusalem and the town was shut in on every side.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In that tyme came the seruauntes of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon vp against Hierusalem, & the citie was besieged.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
King James Version (1611)
At that time the seruants of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon came vp against Ierusalem, and the citie was besieged.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
At that time went up Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
English Revised Version
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In that tyme the seruauntis of Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, stieden `in to Jerusalem, and the citee was cumpassid with bisegyngis.
Update Bible Version
At that time the slaves of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
Webster's Bible Translation
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
New King James Version
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
New Living Translation
During Jehoiachin's reign, the officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up against Jerusalem and besieged it.
New Life Bible
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem. His soldiers gathered around the city.
New Revised Standard
At that time the servants of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
At that time, came up the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem, - and the city came into the siege.
Douay-Rheims Bible
At that time the servants of Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, came up against Jerusalem, and the city was surrounded with their forts.
Revised Standard Version
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
Young's Literal Translation
At that time come up have servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and the city goeth into siege,
THE MESSAGE
The next thing to happen was that the officers of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked Jerusalem and put it under siege. While his officers were laying siege to the city, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon paid a personal visit. And Jehoiachin king of Judah, along with his mother, officers, advisors, and government leaders, surrendered. In the eighth year of his reign Jehoiachin was taken prisoner by the king of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar emptied the treasuries of both The Temple of God and the royal palace and confiscated all the gold furnishings that Solomon king of Israel had made for The Temple of God . This should have been no surprise— God had said it would happen. And then he emptied Jerusalem of people—all its leaders and soldiers, all its craftsmen and artisans. He took them into exile, something like ten thousand of them! The only ones he left were the very poor. He took Jehoiachin into exile to Babylon. With him he took the king's mother, his wives, his chief officers, the community leaders, anyone who was anybody—in round numbers, seven thousand soldiers plus another thousand or so craftsmen and artisans, all herded off into exile in Babylon. Then the king of Babylon made Jehoiachin's uncle, Mattaniah, his puppet king, but changed his name to Zedekiah. Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he started out as king. He was king in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah. Her hometown was Libnah. As far as God was concerned Zedekiah was just one more evil king, a carbon copy of Jehoiakim. The source of all this doom to Jerusalem and Judah was God 's anger— God turned his back on them as an act of judgment. And then Zedekiah revolted against the king of Babylon.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.

Contextual Overview

8Jehoiachin [is] a son of eighteen years in his reigning, and he has reigned three months in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Nehushta daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem, 9and he does evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that his fathers did. 10At that time servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon have come up to Jerusalem, and the city goes into siege,11and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon comes against the city, and his servants are laying siege to it, 12and Jehoiachin king of Judah goes out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his chiefs, and his eunuchs, and the king of Babylon takes him in the eighth year of his reign, 13and brings out from there all the treasures of the house of YHWH, and the treasures of the house of the king, and cuts in pieces all the vessels of gold that Solomon king of Israel made in the temple of YHWH, as YHWH had spoken. 14And he has removed all Jerusalem, and all the chiefs, and all the mighty men of valor—ten thousand [is] the expulsion—and every craftsman and smith; none has been left except the poor of the people of the land. 15And he removes Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the mother of the king, and the wives of the king, and his eunuchs, and the mighty ones of the land—he has caused a removal to go from Jerusalem to Babylon, 16and all the men of valor, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, one thousand, the whole [are] mighty men, warriors; and the king of Babylon brings them in a captivity to Babylon. 17And the king of Babylon causes his father's brother Mattaniah to reign in his stead, and turns his name to Zedekiah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

At that time: Daniel 1:1, Daniel 1:2

was besieged: Heb. came into siege, 2 Kings 25:2

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:52 - General 2 Kings 25:1 - Nebuchadnezzar 2 Chronicles 36:10 - when the year was expired Ezra 5:12 - into the hand Jeremiah 6:3 - they shall Ezekiel 17:3 - came Ezekiel 17:12 - Behold Ezekiel 21:14 - let the Obadiah 1:11 - in the day that the

Cross-References

Genesis 11:31
And Terah takes his son Abram, and Lot, son of Haran, his son's son, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, wife of his son Abram, and they go out with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go toward the land of Canaan; and they come to Haran, and dwell there.
Genesis 24:2
and Abraham says to his servant, the eldest of his house, who is ruling over all that he has, "Please put your hand under my thigh,
Genesis 24:4
but to my land and to my family you go, and have taken a wife for my son, for Isaac."
Genesis 24:5
And the servant says to him, "It may be the woman is not willing to come after me to this land; do I at all cause your son to return to the land from where you came out?"
Genesis 24:6
And Abraham says to him, "Take heed to yourself lest you cause my son to return there;
Genesis 24:8
and if the woman is not willing to come after you, then you have been acquitted from this my oath: only you do not cause my son to return there."
Genesis 24:9
And the servant puts his hand under the thigh of Abraham his lord, and swears to him concerning this matter.
Genesis 24:10
And the servant takes ten camels of the camels of his lord and goes, also of all the goods of his lord in his hand, and he rises, and goes to Aram-Naharaim, to the city of Nahor;
Genesis 24:22
And it comes to pass, when the camels have finished drinking, that the man takes a golden ring (whose weight [is] a bekah), and two bracelets for her hands (whose weight [is] ten [bekahs] of gold),
Genesis 24:23
and says, "Whose daughter [are] you? Please declare to me, is the house of your father a place for us to lodge in?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

At that time,.... When Jehoiachin reigned:

when the year was expired; so it is in 2 Chronicles 36:10 or at the revolution of the year; which some take to be autumn, the beginning of the civil year with the Jews; but rather it was the spring, the time when kings went out to battle, 2 Samuel 11:1

the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem; that is, his army, under proper generals and officers, and by his orders:

and the city was besieged; in form by the Chaldean army.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Came up against Jerusalem - The cause and circumstances of this siege are equally obscure. Perhaps Nebuchadnezzar detected Jehoiachin in some attempt to open communications with Egypt.


 
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