Jeremiah 39:1-2

Jeremiah 39:1-2

[1] In the ninth  year  of Zedekiah  king  of Judah,  in the tenth  month,  came  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of Babylon  and all his army  against Jerusalem,  and they besieged  it. [2] And in the eleventh  year  of Zedekiah,  in the fourth  month,  the ninth  day of the month,  the city  was broken up. 

What does Jeremiah 39:1-2 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian army captured Jerusalem and began its siege in588 B.C. It took the Babylonians about eighteen months to breach the walls of the city, which they did in586 B.C. (cf. Jeremiah 52:4-6). [1]