Jeremiah 52:4

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
ninth	הַתְּשִׁעִ֜ית ha.te.shi.'It	H8671	ninth · definite article + ordinal number, feminine singular absolute
year	בַשָּׁנָ֨ה va.sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
reign	לְמָלְכ֗וֹ le.ma.le.Kho	H4427	to reign · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
tenth	הָעֲשִׂירִי֮ ha.'a.si.Ri	H6224	tenth · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
month	בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ ba.Cho.desh	H2320	the new moon · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
tenth	בֶּעָשׂ֣וֹר be.'a.Sor	H6218	ten · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
month	לַחֹדֶשׁ֒ la.cho.Desh	H2320	the new moon · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Nebuchadrezzar	נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֨ר ne.vu.khad.re.Tzar	H5019	Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Babylon	בָּבֶ֜ל ba.Vel	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name
came	בָּ֠א ba'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
army	חֵילוֹ֙ chei.Lo	H2428	probably a force · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
Jerusalem	יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם ye.Ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · proper noun, a place name
pitched	וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ vai.ya.cha.Nu	H2583	properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
built	וַיִּבְנ֥וּ vai.yiv.Nu	H1129	to build (literally and figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
forts	דָּיֵ֖ק da.Yek	H1785	a battering-tower · noun, common masculine singular absolute
about	סָבִֽיב sa.Viv	H5439	(as noun) a circle · noun, common both genders singular absolute

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 39:1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and…
Ezekiel 24:1-2 Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
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 tent…
Jeremiah 32:24 Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, beca…
Jeremiah 52:7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two wal…
Leviticus 26:25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I wil…
Deuteronomy 28:52-57 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…
2 Kings 25:1-27 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 c…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 52:1-11

This narrative begins no higher than the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, though there were two captivities before, one in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the other in the first of Jeconiah; but probably it was drawn up by some of those that were carried away with Zedekiah, as a reproach to themselves for imagining that they should not go into captivity after their brethren, with which hopes they had long flattered themselves. We have here, 1. God's just displeasure against Judah and Jerusalem for their sin, Jer 52:3. His anger was against them to such a degree that he determined to cast them out from his presence, his favourable gracious presence, as a father, when he is extremely angry wi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 52:4

forts--rather, towers of wood [KIMCHI], for watching the movements of the besieged from the height and annoying them with missiles.

John Gill on Jeremiah 52:4

And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign,.... Of Zedekiah's reign: in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month; the month Tebet, which answers to part of December and part of January; hence the fast of the tenth month, on account of the siege of Jerusalem, Zechariah 8:19; that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his army, against Jerusalem; from whence it appears that he came in person with his army at first to Jerusalem; but, during the siege, or some part of it, retired to Riblah; perhaps upon the news of the king of Egypt's coming to the assistance of the Jews: and pitched against it; or encamped against it: and built forts against it round about; wooden…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 52:1-11

Fate of King Zedekiah at the taking of Jerusalem; cf. Kg2 24:18; Kg2 25:7, and Jer 39:1-7. The statements regarding Zedekiah's ascension and his government, Jer 52:1-3, agree word for word with Kg2 24:18-20, even to the variation השׁליכו, Jer 52:3, for השׁליכו (Kings). The length of the siege of Jerusalem, Jer 52:4-7, and the flight, capture, and condemnation of King Zedekiah and the princes of Judah, Jer 52:7-11, not only agrees with Kg2 25:1-7, but also with Jer 39:1-7, where it is merely the forcible entrance into the city by the Chaldeans that receives special detail; see on Jer 39:3. The variation ויּחנוּ, Jer 52:4, instead of ויּחן (Kg2 25:1), does not affect the sense. As to the accou…

Dictionary and topics

Fast — The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old…
Kings, The Books of — The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division into two books was first made by the LXX., which now, with the Vulgate, numbers them as the third…
War — The Israelites had to take possession of the Promised Land by conquest. They had to engage in a long and bloody war before the Canaanitish tribes were finally subdued. Except in the case of Jericho…
Zedekiah — Righteousness of Jehovah. (1.) The last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah, and his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and hence he was the brother of Jehoahaz…
Zedekiah · to Babylon, blinds his eyes, kills his — to Babylon, blinds his eyes, kills his

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 52:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 52:4

John Gill on Jeremiah 52:4

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 52:1-11

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 52:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 52:4

John Gill on Jeremiah 52:4

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 52:1-11

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 52:1-34