2 Kings 24:11

THE MESSAGE

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.

Easy-to-Read Version
Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city.

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

⁸Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king. His rule in Jerusalem lasted only three months. His mother's name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem. In God 's opinion he also was an evil king, no different from his father. ¹⁰The 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. ¹³ It was during his reign that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the country. Jehoiakim became his puppet. But after three years he had had enough and revolted. God dispatched a succession of raiding bands against him: Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite. The strategy was to destroy Judah. Through the preaching of his servants and prophets, God had said he would do this, and now he was doing it. None of this was by chance—it was God 's judgment as he turned his back on Judah because of the enormity of the sins of Manasseh—Manasseh, the killer-king, who made the Jerusalem streets flow with the innocent blood of his victims. God wasn't about to overlook such crimes. The rest of the life and times of Jehoiakim is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. Jehoiakim died and was buried with his ancestors. His son Jehoiachin became the next king. The threat from Egypt was now over—no more invasions by the king of Egypt—for by this time the king of Babylon had captured all the land between the Brook of Egypt and the Euphrates River, land formerly controlled by the king of Egypt. Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king. His rule in Jerusalem lasted only three months. His mother's name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem. In God 's opinion he also was an evil king, no different from his father. 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. ¹⁴ It was during his reign that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the country. Jehoiakim became his puppet. But after three years he had had enough and revolted. God dispatched a succession of raiding bands against him: Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite. The strategy was to destroy Judah. Through the preaching of his servants and prophets, God had said he would do this, and now he was doing it. None of this was by chance—it was God 's judgment as he turned his back on Judah because of the enormity of the sins of Manasseh—Manasseh, the killer-king, who made the Jerusalem streets flow with the innocent blood of his victims. God wasn't about to overlook such crimes. The rest of the life and times of Jehoiakim is written in The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah. Jehoiakim died and was buried with his ancestors. His son Jehoiachin became the next king. The threat from Egypt was now over—no more invasions by the king of Egypt—for by this time the king of Babylon had captured all the land between the Brook of Egypt and the Euphrates River, land formerly controlled by the king of Egypt. Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king. His rule in Jerusalem lasted only three months. His mother's name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem. In God 's opinion he also was an evil king, no different from his father. 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. ¹⁵He 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. ¹⁷ Then the king of Babylon made Jehoiachin's uncle, Mattaniah, his puppet king, but changed his name to Zedekiah. ¹⁸ 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. ¹⁹ As far as God was concerned Zedekiah was just one more evil king, a carbon copy of Jehoiakim. ²⁰ 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.

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

Cross-References

Exodus 2:16
The priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came and drew water, filling the troughs and watering their father's sheep. When some shepherds came and chased the girls off, Moses came to their rescue and helped them water their sheep.

1 Samuel 9:11
As they were climbing up the hill into the town, they met some girls who were coming out to draw water. They said to them, "Is this where the Seer lives?"

Proverbs 12:10
Good people are good to their animals; the "good-hearted" bad people kick and abuse them.

John 4:7
A woman, a Samaritan, came to draw water. Jesus said, "Would you give me a drink of water?" (His disciples had gone to the village to buy food for lunch.)

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.