Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city had become so severe that there was no food for the people to eat. New Living Translation By July 18 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign, the famine in the city had become very severe, and the last of the food was entirely gone. English Standard Version On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. Berean Standard Bible By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. King James Bible And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. New King James Version By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. New American Standard Bible On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. NASB 1995 On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. NASB 1977 On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. Legacy Standard Bible On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so strong in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. Amplified Bible On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine [caused by the siege] was severe in the city; there was no food for the people of the land. Christian Standard Bible By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the common people had no food. Holman Christian Standard Bible By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that the people of the land had no food. American Standard Version On 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And in year eleven of King Tsedeqia, in the fifth month, on the ninth of the month, a famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. Douay-Rheims Bible The ninth day of the month: and a famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. English Revised Version On 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city became so severe that the common people had no food. Good News Translation On the ninth day of the fourth month of that same year, when the famine was so bad that the people had nothing left to eat, International Standard Version By the ninth day of the fourth month, the resulting famine had become so severe in the city that no food remained for the people who lived in the land. JPS Tanakh 1917 On 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. Literal Standard Version On the ninth of the month, when the famine is severe in the city, then there has not been bread for the people of the land. Majority Standard Bible By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. New American Bible On the ninth day of the month, when famine had gripped the city, and the people of the land had no more food, NET Bible By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food. New Revised Standard Version On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine became so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. New Heart English Bible On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. Webster's Bible Translation And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. World English Bible On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. Young's Literal Translation on the ninth of the month -- when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath not been bread for the people of the land, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem…2And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year. 3By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. 4Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,… Cross References 2 Kings 6:24 Some time later, Ben-hadad king of Aram assembled his entire army and marched up to besiege Samaria. 2 Kings 6:25 So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey's head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove's dung sold for five shekels of silver. 2 Kings 25:2 And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah's eleventh year. Jeremiah 37:21 So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard. Jeremiah 52:6 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. Lamentations 4:9 Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce. Lamentations 4:10 The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people. Treasury of Scripture And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. A. Jeremiah 39:2 And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. Jeremiah 52:6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. Zechariah 8:19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. the famine. Leviticus 26:26 And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. Deuteronomy 28:52,53 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee… Lamentations 4:4-10 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them… there was no. Jeremiah 37:21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. Jeremiah 38:2 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. Jump to Previous Almost Bread City Eat Famine Food Fourth Month Ninth Prevailed Severe Sore StoreJump to Next Almost Bread City Eat Famine Food Fourth Month Ninth Prevailed Severe Sore Store2 Kings 25 1. Jerusalem is besieged.4. Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out. 8. Nebuzaradan defaces the city, exiles the remnant, except a few poor laborers; 13. and carries away the treasures. 18. The nobles are slain at Riblah. 22. Gedaliah, who was over those who remained, being slain, the rest flee into Egypt. 27. Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin in his court. (3) And on the ninth day of the fourth month.--The text is supplemented from Jeremiah 39:2; Jeremiah 52:6. The Syriac, however, has, "And in the eleventh year of King Zedekiah, in the fifth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine prevailed," &c.; which may be original. (Comp. 2Kings 25:1.) The famine prevailed.--Not that the scarcity was first felt on that day, but that it then had reached a climax, so that defence was no longer possible. The horrors of the siege are referred to in Lamentations 2:11 seq., Lamentations 2:19 seq., Lamentations 4:3-10; Ezekiel 5:10; Baruch 2:3. As in the famine of Samaria and the last siege of Jerusalem, parents ate their own offspring. (Comp. the prophetic threats of Leviticus 26:29; Deuteronomy 28:53 seq.; Jeremiah 15:2 seq., Jeremiah 27:13; Ezekiel 4:16 seq.) . . . Verse 3. - And on the ninth day of the fourth month. The text of Kings is here incomplete, and has to be restored from Jeremiah 52:6. Our translators have supplied the missing words. The famine prevailed in the city (see the comment on ver. 2). As I have elsewhere observed, "The intensity of the suffering endured may be gathered from Lamentations, Ezekiel, and Josephus. The complexions of the men grew black with famine (Lamentations 4:8; Lamentations 5:10); their skin was shrunk and parched (Lamentations 4:8); the rich and noble women searched the dunghills for setups of offal (Lamentations 4:5); the children perished for want, or were even devoured by their parents (Lamentations 2:20; Lamentations 4:3, 4, 10; Ezekiel 5:10); water was scarce, as well as food, and was sold at a price (Lamentations 5:4); third part of the inhabitants died of the famine, and the plague which grew out of it (Ezekiel 5:12)" (see the 'Speaker's Commentary,' vol. it. p. 147). And there was no bread for the people of the land. Bread commonly fails comparatively early in a siege. It was some time before the fall of the city that Ebed-Meleeh expressed his fear that Jeremiah would starve, since there was no more bread in the place (see Jeremiah 38:9).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew By the ninth [day]בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה (bə·ṯiš·‘āh) Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular Strong's 8672: Nine, ninth of the [fourth] month, לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ (la·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month the famine הָרָעָ֖ב (hā·rā·‘āḇ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger in the city בָּעִ֑יר (bā·‘îr) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5892: Excitement was so severe וַיֶּחֱזַ֥ק (way·ye·ḥĕ·zaq) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer that the people לְעַ֥ם (lə·‘am) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock of the land הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land had הָ֥יָה (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be no וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no food. לֶ֖חֶם (le·ḥem) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain Links 2 Kings 25:3 NIV2 Kings 25:3 NLT 2 Kings 25:3 ESV 2 Kings 25:3 NASB 2 Kings 25:3 KJV 2 Kings 25:3 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 25:3 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 25:3 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 25:3 French Bible 2 Kings 25:3 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 25:3 On the ninth day of the fourth (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |
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