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.
In the ninth year of King Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came with his entire army against Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built siege walls all around it.
This verse describes the beginning of Babylon's final siege of Jerusalem, marking the start of the city's destruction.
📚 Historical Context
2 Kings 25:1 is set during the reign of Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, around 586 BC, as the Babylonian empire under Nebuchadnezzar II sought to crush Judah's rebellions. This verse describes the initial siege of Jerusalem, which was a direct consequence of Judah's persistent idolatry and disobedience to God's covenant, fulfilling prophecies from earlier books like Jeremiah. The event highlights the historical reality of ancient Near Eastern warfare, where powerful kings like Nebuchadnezzar used sieges and fortifications to subdue defiant cities.
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