English Standard Version
2 Kings 24:11
11And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,
2 Kings 24:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
- New International Version (NIV)and Nebuchadnezzar himself came up to the city while his officers were besieging it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, as his servants were besieging it.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Nebuchadnezzar himself arrived at the city during the siege.
Context of 2 Kings 24:11
9And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done. 10At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it, 12and Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself and his mother and his servants and his officials and his palace officials. The king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign 13and carried off all the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the Lord, which Solomon king of Israel had made, as the Lord had foretold.
Read all of 2 Kings 242 Kings 24:11 word by word
וַיָּבֹ֛א נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל עַל־הָעִ֑יר וַעֲבָדָ֖יו צָרִ֥ים עָלֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Nebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּרנבוּכדרא צּור נבוּכדראצּר · NebuchadnezzarH5019
- kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- of Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
- cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- against the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
- and his servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- did besiegeצוּרtsûr · to confineH6696
Commentaries on 2 Kings 24:11
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-20Verses 8-20 Jehoiachin reigned but three months, yet long enough to show that he justly smarted for his fathers' sins, for he trod in their steps. His uncle was intrusted with the government. This Zedekiah was the last of the kings of Judah. Though the judgments of God upon the three kings before him might have warned him, he did that which was evil, like them. When those intrusted with the counsels of a nation act unwisely, and against their true…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-12Jehoiachin gave up when Nebuchadnezzar's powerful army approached. See study note on 2 Chronicles 36:9–10. Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year as king was 597 BC.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1310-13. At that time--within three months after his accession to the throne. It was the spring of the year (2Ch 36:10); so early did he indicate a feeling hostile to the interests of his Assyrian liege lord, by forming a league with Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar sent his generals to besiege Jerusalem, as Jeremiah had foretold (Jr 22:28; 34:20), and soon after he followed in person. Convinced of the hopelessness of making any effectual resistance, Jehoiachin, going…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- 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
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