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Cities » Were frequently » Wasted by famine

Famine » Often severe

Famine » Instances of » In jerusalem, from siege

Jerusalem » Captured and pillaged by » Nebuchadnezzar, king of babylon

Month » Tammuz (july) » the number only appears in the bible » Jerusalem taken by nebuchadnezzar in

Zedekiah » Made king of judah by nebuchadnezzar » Nebuchadnezzar destroys the city and temple, takes him captive to babylon, blinds his eyes, kills his sons