And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, the tenth day of the month, that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came, he and all his army against Jerusalem: and they surrounded it: and raised works round about it.
John Gill
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign,.... Of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. From hence to the end of Kg2 25:7, the account exactly agrees with Jer 52:4. . 2 Kings 25:8 kg2 25:8 kg2 25:8 kg2 25:8And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month,.... In Jer 52:12 it is the tenth day of the month; which, how to be reconciled; see Gill on Jer 52:12. which is the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar; who, according to Ptolemy's canon, reigned forty three years; Metasthenes (u) says forty five; and from hence, to the end of Kg2 25:12 facts are related as in Jer 52:12 whither the reader is referred. (u) De Judicio Temp. & Annal. Pers. fol. 221. 2.
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