2 Kings 25:1
“And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.”
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.
And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
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.
Counter-Arguments
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Cross-References
“And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah.”
“And it came to pass after this, that Ben–hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria.”
“Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.”
“Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:”
“And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.”