2 Kings 25:8-10

Nebuchadnezzar Destroys Jerusalem

25:8 On the seventh ¹  day of the fifth month, ²  in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard ³  who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem. ⁴  25:9 He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house. ⁵  25:10 The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.

[25:8]  ¹ tn The parallel account in Jer 52:12 has “tenth.”

[25:8]  ² sn The seventh day of the month would have been August 14, 586 b.c. in modern reckoning.

[25:8]  ³ tn For the meaning of this phrase see BDB 371 s.v. טַבָּח 2, and compare the usage in Gen 39:1.

[25:8]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[25:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “and every large house he burned down with fire.”