Jeremiah 39:1 Cross References - NSB

¹ In the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia came with his whole army and attacked Jerusalem.

¹ Now in the ninth year of his rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked Jerusalem with all his army. He took his position and laid siege to it. They built earthworks all round the town. ² They surrounded the town and laid siege till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. ³ On the ninth day of the fourth month, the store of food in the town was almost gone. There was no food for the people of the land. ⁴ An opening was made in the wall of the town. All the men of war went in flight by night through the doorway between the two walls by the king's garden. The Chaldaeans were stationed around the town: and the king went by the way toward the plain of Arabah. ⁵ But the Chaldaean army went after the king. They overtook him in the lowlands of Jericho. All his army went in flight from him in every direction. ⁶ They made the king a prisoner and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah to be judged. ⁷ They put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, chained him with iron bands and took him to Babylon. ⁸ It was the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. ⁹ He had the Temple of Jehovah, the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire. ¹⁰ The army of the Chaldaeans under the command of the captain of the army broke down the walls around Jerusalem. ¹¹ The rest of the people still in the town, and all those who had given themselves up to the king of Babylon, and all the rest of the workmen were taken away as prisoners by Nebuzaradan, the captain of the army. ¹² He let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.

⁴ On the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem with his entire army. They set up camp and built dirt ramps around the city walls. ⁵ The blockade of the city lasted until Zedekiah's eleventh year as king. ⁶ On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city became so severe that the common people had no food. ⁷ The enemy broke through the city walls, and all Judah's soldiers fled. They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls beside the king's garden. While the Babylonians were attacking the city from all sides, they took the road to the plain of Jericho.

¹ The word of Jehovah came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, He said: ² »Son of man, write the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

¹⁹ Jehovah of Hosts said: »The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth month, the fast of the seventh month, and the fast of the tenth month, will be to the house of Judah joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts. Therefore love truth and peace.«