Jeremiah 39:1 — In January of the ninth year of King Zedekiah’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of B… — NLT | maBible
Read Jeremiah 39:1 (New Living Translation) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Jeremiah 39.1, Jeremiah 39v1, Jr. 39:1. In January of the ninth year of King Zedekiah’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came with his entire army to besiege Jerusalem.
Other reference formats: Jeremiah 39.1, Jeremiah 39v1, Jr. 39:1.
1 In January of the ninth year of King Zedekiah’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came with his entire army to besiege Jerusalem.
Notes and references
Hebrew In the tenth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. A number of events in Jeremiah can be cross-checked with dates in surviving Babylonian records and related accurately to our modern calendar. This event occurred on January 15, 588 b.c.; see 52:4a and the note there.
Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar; also in 39:5, 11.