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The Fall of Jerusalem

Jeremiah 39:2

In 11 translations

BSB
And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.
KJV
And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.
WEB
In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city.
ASV
in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city),
LSV
in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the city has been broken up;
YLT
in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, hath the city been broken up;
DBY
In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth of the month, the city was broken into;
DRC
And in the I eleventh year of Sedecias, in the fourth month, the fifth day of the month, the city was opened.
GNV
And in the eleuenth yeere of Zedekiah in the fourth moneth, the ninth day of the moneth, the citie was broken vp.
JPS
in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city —
LXXE46:2
And in the eleventh year of Sedekias, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בְּעַשְׁתֵּֽי־עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ לְצִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָרְבִיעִ֖י בְּתִשְׁעָ֣ה לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הָבְקְעָ֖ה הָעִֽיר׃
LXX-Br46:2
Καὶ ἐν τῷ ἑνδεκάτῳ ἔτει τοῦ Σεδεκία, ἐν τῷ μηνὶ τῷ τετάρτῳ, ἐννάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς, ἐῤῥάγη ἡ πόλις,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Micah 2:12–13I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture— a noisy throng. One who breaks open the way will…
  • Jeremiah 5:10Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
  • 2 Kings 25:3–4By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled…
  • Jeremiah 52:6–7By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled…
  • Zephaniah 1:10On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a wail from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.
  • Ezekiel 33:21In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”

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  • 46:2 in some Bibles
  • 39:2 in most Bibles

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