Bible Strands
2 Kings 25:2
And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the ongoing military blockade of Jerusalem during the final phase of King Zedekiah’s reign, immediately following the Babylonian army’s encampment in 2 Kings 25:1.
The words — בַּמָּצוֹר (ba.māṣōr) specifies the condition of siege, and עַד (‘aḏ) establishes the temporal limit until the king’s eleventh regnal year.
The thread — This timeline anchors the narrative sequence between the initial encampment in 2 Kings 25:1 and the famine report in 2 Kings 25:3.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to track the exact duration of the blockade before noting the subsequent famine, establishing a fixed chronology for the city’s collapse.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.