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Jeremiah 39:1
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the commencement of the Babylonian siege against Jerusalem at the start of Zedekiah’s ninth regnal year. This historical marker frames the subsequent collapse of Judah’s capital.
The words — בַּ/שָּׁנָ֣ה (ba./sha.Nah) denotes the regnal year, while הַ֠/תְּשִׁעִית (Ha./te.shi.'it) specifies the ninth count, anchoring the event to a precise chronological framework.
The thread — This chronological marker repeats in Jeremiah 52:4, Ezekiel 24:1, and 2 Kings 25:1, where the same ninth-year, tenth-month timeline records Nebuchadnezzar’s advance against Jerusalem.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition of how historical events unfold within a fixed timeline. It requires the reader to track the progression from siege to breach as a recorded sequence of fulfillment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 52:4 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
- Ezekiel 24:1 In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- 2 Kings 25:1 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
- Zechariah 8:19 “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”