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

1In the ninth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to it. In the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, on the ninth day of the month, the city was broken into. 3All the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat at the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar, Nebusarsechim the chief of staff, Nergal-sharezer the chief soothsayer, and all the rest of the officials of Babylon’s king. 4When King Zedekiah of Judah and all the fighting men saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the city gate between the two walls. They left along the route to the Arabah.

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 25:3By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the common people had no food.
• Jeremiah 5:10Go up among her vineyard terraces and destroy them, but do not finish them off. Prune away her shoots, for they do not belong to the Lord.
• Jeremiah 52:6By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the common people had no food.
• 2 Kings 25:4Then the city was broken into, and all the warriors fled at night by way of the city gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. As the king made his way along the route to the Arabah,
• Ezekiel 33:21In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”
• Micah 2:12I will indeed gather all of you, Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the middle of its pasture. It will be noisy with people.
• Zephaniah 1:10On that day — this is the Lord’s declaration — there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate, a wailing from the Second District, and a loud crashing 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