New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Kings 25:1-3

1Now in the ninthהַתְּשִׁיעִ֜יתha.te.shi.'ItH8671yearבִשְׁנַ֨תvish.NatH8141of his reignלְמָלְכ֗וֹle.ma.le.KhoH4427,on the tenthבֶּעָשׂ֣וֹרbe.'a.SorH6218day of the tenthהָעֲשִׂירִי֮ha.'a.si.RiH6224monthH2320,Nebuchadnezzarנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֨רne.vu.khad.ne.TzarH5019kingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428of Babylonבָּבֶ֜לba.VelH894cameבָּ֠אba'H935,he and allוְכָל־ve.kholH3605his armyחֵיל֛וֹchei.LoH2428,againstH5921Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,campedוַיִּ֣חַןvai.Yi.chanH2583againstH5921it andbuiltוַיִּבְנ֥וּvai.yiv.NuH1129a siegeH1785wallH1785allH5439aroundH5439it.

2So the cityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892was under siegeבַּמָּצ֑וֹרba.ma.TzorH4692untilעַ֚ד'adH5704the eleventhעַשְׁתֵּ֣י עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה'ash.Tei 'es.RehH6249 H6240yearשָׁנָ֔הsha.NahH8141of Kingלַמֶּ֖לֶךְla.Me.lekhH4428Zedekiahצִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃tzid.ki.Ya.huH6667.

3On the ninthבְּתִשְׁעָ֣הbe.tish.'AhH8672day of the fourthmonthH2320the famineהָרָעָ֖בha.ra.'AvH7458was so severeוַיֶּחֱזַ֥קvai.ye.che.ZakH2388in the cityבָּעִ֑ירba.'IrH5892that there was noוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808foodלֶ֖חֶםLe.chemH3899for the peopleלְעַ֥םle.'AmH5971of the landהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

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