2 Kings 24:1

Context

24:1 During Jehoiakim’s reign,¹ King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked.² Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him.³

2 Kings 24:10

Context

24:10 At that time the generals⁴ of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched to Jerusalem and besieged the city.⁵

[24:1] ¹tn Heb “In his days.”

[24:1] ²tn Heb “came up.” Perhaps an object (“against him”) has been accidentally omitted from the text. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 306.

[24:1] ³tn The Hebrew text has “and he turned and rebelled against him.”

[24:10] ⁴tn Heb “servants.”

[24:10] ⁵tn Heb “went up [to] Jerusalem and the city entered into siege.”