2 Kings 25:3

25:3 By the ninth day of the fourth month ¹  the famine in the city was so severe the residents ²  had no food.

2 Kings 25:29

25:29 Jehoiachin ³  took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king’s presence for the rest of his life.

¹ tn The MT has simply “of the month,” but the parallel passage in Jer 52:6 has “fourth month,” and this is followed by almost all English translations. The word “fourth,” however, is not actually present in the MT of 2 Kgs 25:3.

² tn Heb “the people of the land.”

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jehoiachin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.