Jeremiah 39:2

Jeremiah 39:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.
• New International Version (NIV)And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city wall was broken through.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city.
• New King James Version (NKJV)In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was penetrated.

Context of Jeremiah 39:2

1Now regarding the capture of Jerusalem: In the ninth year of [the reign of] Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it; and in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, they breached the wall and broke into the city. 3Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the Middle Gate [establishing both military control of the city and their authority to judge the captives]: Nergal-sar-ezer, Samgar-nebu, Sar-sekim the Rab-saris (chief of the eunuchs), and Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag (chief of the magicians), with all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon. 4When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, they fled and escaped from the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls; and the king went out toward the Arabah (Jordan Valley).

Jeremiah 39:2 word by word

בְּעַשְׁתֵּֽי־עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ לְצִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָרְבִיעִ֖י בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הָבְקְעָ֖ה הָעִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• in the eleventhעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• in the eleventhעַשְׁתֵּי‛ashtêy · elevenH6249
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּ֫הוּtsidqîyâh tsidqîyâhû · ZedekiahH6667
• in the fourthרְבִיעִיrebîy‛îy rebi‛îy · fourthH7243
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• the ninthתֵּ֫שַׁעtêsha‛ tish‛âh · nineH8672
• the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• was broken upבָּקַעbâqa‛ · to break up/openH1234

Cross-references for Jeremiah 39:2

• 2 Kings 25:3On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine [caused by the siege] was severe in the city; there was no food for the people of the land.
• Jeremiah 5:10“Go up through the rows of Jerusalem’s vineyards and destroy [them], But do not completely destroy everything. Strip away her branches and the tendrils [of her vines], For they are not the Lord’s.
• Jeremiah 52:6In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
• 2 Kings 25:4Then the city [wall] was broken into [and conquered]; all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans (Babylonians) were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah (the plain of the Jordan).
• Ezekiel 33:21In the twelfth year of our exile [in Babylon], on the fifth of the tenth month, a survivor from Jerusalem came to me, saying, “The city has been captured.”
• Micah 2:12“I shall most certainly assemble all of you, O Jacob; I shall surely gather the remnant of Israel. I shall bring them together like sheep in the fold [multiplying the nation]; Like a flock in the midst of its pasture. The place will swarm with many people and hum loudly with noise.
• Zephaniah 1:10On that day,” declares the Lord, “There will be the sound of crying from the Fish (Damascus) Gate [in the northern wall of Jerusalem where invaders enter] And wailing from the Second Quarter [of the city], And a loud crash from the hills.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 39:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The eleventh year - in the fourth month - This month in the Hebrew calendar is called Thammuz, and commences with the first new moon of our July. The siege had lasted just eighteen months. The city was broken up - A breach was made in the wall by which the Chaldeans entered.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The Babylonian siege lasted a long time because Jerusalem's stone walls were thick and the people resisted strongly.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-18This chapter consists of two parts: the first describes the capture of Jerusalem, the removal of the people to Babylon, and the fate of Zedekiah, and that of Jeremiah. The second tells of the assurance of safety to Ebed-melech. 1. ninth year ... tenth month--and on the tenth day of it (Jr 52:4; 2Ki 25:1-4). From Jr 39:2, "eleventh year ... fourth month ... ninth day," we know the siege lasted one and a half years, excepting the suspension of it caused by…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 39:2

• Month
• Zedekiah

In the dictionaries

• Zedekiah
• Jerusalem
• Kings, The Books of
• Captivity
• Feasts and Fasts
• Jeremiah (2)
• Siege
• Tradition
• Zedekiah (2)

Commentaries on Jeremiah 39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings