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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.

KJV

Factum est autem anno nono regni ejus, mense decimo, decima die mensis, venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis, ipse et omnis exercitus ejus, in Jerusalem, et circumdederunt eam : et exstruxerunt in circuitu ejus munitiones.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ ἔτει τῷ ἐνάτῳ τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ δεκάτῳ ἦλθεν Ναβουχοδονοσὸρ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος καὶ πᾶσα ἡ δύναμις αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Ἰερουσαλήμ, καὶ παρενέβαλεν ἐπ’ αὐτήν, καὶ ᾠκοδόμησεν ἐπ’ αὐτὴν περίτειχος κύκλῳ.

LXX

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 army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.

ASV

וַ/יְהִי֩ בִ/שְׁנַ֨ת הַ/תְּשִׁיעִ֜ית לְ/מָלְכ֗/וֹ בַּ/חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָ/עֲשִׂירִי֮ בֶּ/עָשׂ֣וֹר לַ/חֹדֶשׁ֒ בָּ֠א נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֨ר מֶֽלֶךְ בָּבֶ֜ל ה֧וּא וְ/כָל חֵיל֛/וֹ עַל יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וַ/יִּ֣חַן עָלֶ֑י/הָ וַ/יִּבְנ֥וּ עָלֶ֖י/הָ דָּיֵ֥ק סָבִֽיב

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Nebuchadnezzar
Places Jerusalem

In the original Hebrew

20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
בָּבֶ֖ל
bbl
proper_noun · 262×
דָּיֵ֥ק
dyq
noun · 6×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 232×
וֹ
v
verb · 349×
חֹ֣דֶשׁ
chdsh
noun · 280×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
יַּחֲנ֖וּ
ychnv
verb · 143×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר
nbvkdr'tsr
proper_noun · 59×
סָבִֽיב
sbyb
noun · 334×
עֲשִׂירִ֔י
'shyry
adjective · 29×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָשׂ֣וֹר
'shvr
noun · 16×
שָׁנָ֔ה
shnh
verb · 877×
תְּשִׁיעִ֔י
tshy'y
adjective · 18×

Typology

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Covers Hezekiah's reforms and Sennacherib's invasion, the reigns of Manasseh and Josiah, the fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC, the destruction of Solomon's Temple, the exile to Babylon, and the career of the prophet Daniel. Josephus explicitly cites Isaiah's prophecy of Cyrus and Daniel's prophecies, calling Daniel one of the greatest prophets.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 6:15 — And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
  • Ezek 24:2 — Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.
  • Isa 29:3 — And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.
  • Jer 4:7 — The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabit
  • Jer 4:17 — As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 32:1 — The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
  • Jer 34:1 — The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem,
  • Jer 34:1 — The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem,
  • Jer 43:10 — And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have h
  • Jer 52:4 — 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 aga
  • Lam 1:17 — Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among the
  • Mic 5:1 — Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.