2 Kings 25:2
What does 2 Kings 25:2 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Kings 25:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the town was shut in by their forces till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And the city entereth into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the city was shut up and besieged till the eleventh year of king Sedecias,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
Context
v.1And 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.
v.2This passage
v.3On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
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