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Nebuchadnezzar begins the final siege of Jerusalem
In Zedekiah's ninth year Nebuchadnezzar surrounded Jerusalem and built siege works. By the eleventh year famine had overcome the city; Zedekiah fled through the wall but was captured, saw his sons killed, and was blinded and taken to Babylon (2 Kings 25:1-7).
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📖 2 Kings 25:1–3
1So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it. 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.
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Sources: Scripture — 2 Kings 25:1-7 · Jeremiah 39:1-10
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