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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records Nebuchadnezzar’s military advance against Jerusalem during the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign. The historian writes this account as a chronological marker for the beginning of the city’s destruction.
The words — The Hebrew phrase בֶּ/עָשׂ֣וֹר (be./'a.Sor) translates literally to "on the ten," specifying the exact day of the tenth month. This precise dating anchors the event in a fixed historical timeline rather than a vague period.
The thread — This specific date appears in Jeremiah 39:1, Ezekiel 24:1, and Zechariah 8:19 to mark prophetic warnings and future restoration. The repeated chronological reference ties the siege to divine judgment and covenant history.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that human rebellion triggers concrete historical consequences. Readers must account for how recorded events fulfill the stated condition of Zedekiah’s rebellion against Babylon.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Ezekiel 24:1 In the ninth year, on the tenth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
- 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.”
- Jeremiah 32:24 See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!
- Jeremiah 52:7 Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
- Leviticus 26:25 And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
- Deuteronomy 28:52 They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.
- 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.
- Isaiah 29:3 I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you.
- Isaiah 42:24 Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to the plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned? They were unwilling to walk in His ways, and they would not obey His law.