2 Kings 25:3

2 Kings 25:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
• New International Version (NIV)By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat.
• New King James Version (NKJV)By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
• New Living Translation (NLT)By July 18 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign, the famine in the city had become very severe, and the last of the food was entirely gone.

Context of 2 Kings 25:3

1And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem and laid siege to it. And they built siegeworks all around it. 2So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. 4Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by the king's garden, and the Chaldeans were around the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah. 5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him.

2 Kings 25:3 word by word

בַּחֹדֶשׁ הָרְבִיעִי בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק הָרָעָ֖ב בָּעִ֑יר וְלֹא־הָ֥יָה לֶ֖חֶם לְעַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And on the ninthתֵּ֫שַׁעtêsha‛ tish‛âh · nineH8672
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• the famineרָעָבrâ‛âb · famineH7458
• prevailedחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• in the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• and there was no breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
• for the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for 2 Kings 25:3

• Jeremiah 39:2In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city.
• Jeremiah 52:6On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
• Zechariah 8:19"Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth and the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Judah seasons of joy and gladness and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.
• Leviticus 26:26When I break your supply of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in a single oven and shall dole out your bread again by weight, and you shall eat and not be satisfied.
• Deuteronomy 28:52"They shall besiege you in all your towns, until your high and fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down throughout all your land. And they shall besiege you in all your towns throughout all your land, which the Lord your God has given you.
• Lamentations 4:4The tongue of the nursing infant sticks to the roof of its mouth for thirst; the children beg for food, but no one gives to them.
• Ezekiel 4:9"And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer, and put them into a single vessel and make your bread from them. During the number of days that you lie on your side, 390 days, you shall eat it.
• Ezekiel 5:10Therefore fathers shall eat their sons in your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers. And I will execute judgments on you, and any of you who survive I will scatter to all the winds.
• Ezekiel 7:15The sword is without; pestilence and famine are within. He who is in the field dies by the sword, and him who is in the city famine and pestilence devour.
• Ezekiel 14:21"For thus says the Lord God: How much more when I send upon Jerusalem my four disastrous acts of judgment, sword, famine, wild beasts, and pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast!
• Jeremiah 37:21So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guard. And a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakers' street, until all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
• Jeremiah 38:2"Thus says the Lord: He who stays in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, but he who goes out to the Chaldeans shall live. He shall have his life as a prize of war, and live.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 25:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-21Nebuchadnezzar II attacked Judah at least three times, in 605 BC, 597 BC, and 586 BC. He took treasures from Jerusalem and captured people to bring to Babylon (see 2 Kings 24:1, 10–17; 25:1–21).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed--In consequence of the close and protracted blockade, the inhabitants were reduced to dreadful extremities; and under the maddening influence of hunger, the most inhuman atrocities were perpetrated (La 2:20, 22; 4:9, 10; Eze 5:10). This was a fulfilment of the prophetic denunciations threatened on the apostasy of the chosen people (Le 26:29; De 28:53-57; Jr 15:2; 27:13; Eze 4:16). 2Ki 25:4-30…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 25:3

• Armies
• Famine
• Jerusalem
• Prophecy
• Siege
• Zedekiah

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• Chaldees
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 25

• 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