2 Kings 25:3
“And on the ninth day of the fourth moneth, the famine preuailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.”
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2 Kings 25:3 Context
1And it came to passe in the ninth yeere of his reigne, in the tenth moneth, in the tenth day of the moneth, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, hee, and all his hoste, against Ierusalem, and pitched against it, and they built fortes against it, round about. 2And the citie was besieged vnto the eleuenth yeere of king Zedekiah. 3And on the ninth day of the fourth moneth, the famine preuailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 4¶ And the citie was broken vp, and all the men of warre fled by night, by the way of the gate, betweene two walles, which is by the kings garden, (now the Caldees were against the citie round about) and the King went the way toward the plaine. 5And the army of the Caldees pursued after the King, and ouertooke him in the plaines of Iericho: and all his armie were scattered from him.
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Other Translations for 2 Kings 25:3
And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
- King James Version
On the ninth day of the {fourth} month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
On the ninth day of the `fourth' month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Now on the ninth day of the fourth month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.
- Basic English Bible
On the ninth of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
- Darby Bible
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
- Webster's Bible
On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
- World English Bible
on the ninth of the month -- when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath not been bread for the people of the land,
- Youngs Literal Bible
On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Kings 25:3
25:3 The people - For the common people, but only for the great men. Now they eat their own children for want of food, #Lam 4:3|, &c. Jeremiah in this extremity, earnestly persuaded the king to surrender; but his heart was hardened to his destruction.