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New Living Translation

2 Kings 24:10

During Jehoiachin's reign, the officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up against Jerusalem and besieged it.

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 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

8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan from Jerusalem. 9 Jehoiachin did what was evil in the Lord 's sight, just as his father had done. 10 During Jehoiachin's reign, the officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up against Jerusalem and besieged it. 11 Nebuchadnezzar himself arrived at the city during the siege. 12 Then King Jehoiachin, along with the queen mother, his advisers, his commanders, and his officials, surrendered to the Babylonians. In the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, he took Jehoiachin prisoner. 13 As the Lord had said beforehand, Nebuchadnezzar carried away all the treasures from the Lord 's Temple and the royal palace. He stripped away all the gold objects that King Solomon of Israel had placed in the Temple. 14 King Nebuchadnezzar took all of Jerusalem captive, including all the commanders and the best of the soldiers, craftsmen, and artisans—10,000 in all. Only the poorest people were left in the land. 15 Nebuchadnezzar led King Jehoiachin away as a captive to Babylon, along with the queen mother, his wives and officials, and all Jerusalem's elite. 16 He also exiled 7,000 of the best troops and 1,000 craftsmen and artisans, all of whom were strong and fit for war. 17 Then the king of Babylon installed Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, as the next king, and he changed Mattaniah's 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
One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram's wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran's child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.
Genesis 24:2
One day Abraham said to his oldest servant, the man in charge of his household, "Take an oath by putting your hand under my thigh.
Genesis 24:4
Go instead to my homeland, to my relatives, and find a wife there for my son Isaac."
Genesis 24:5
The servant asked, "But what if I can't find a young woman who is willing to travel so far from home? Should I then take Isaac there to live among your relatives in the land you came from?"
Genesis 24:6
"No!" Abraham responded. "Be careful never to take my son there.
Genesis 24:8
If she is unwilling to come back with you, then you are free from this oath of mine. But under no circumstances are you to take my son there."
Genesis 24:9
So the servant took an oath by putting his hand under the thigh of his master, Abraham. He swore to follow Abraham's instructions.
Genesis 24:10
Then he loaded ten of Abraham's camels with all kinds of expensive gifts from his master, and he traveled to distant Aram-naharaim. There he went to the town where Abraham's brother Nahor had settled.
Genesis 24:22
Then at last, when the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring for her nose and two large gold bracelets for her wrists.
Genesis 24:23
"Whose daughter are you?" he asked. "And please tell me, would your father have any room to put us up for the night?"

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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