Thematic Bible: Jerusalem taken by nebuchadnezzar in


Thematic Bible



On the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year as king, the city walls were broken through. Verse ConceptsBattering ramsMonth 4Destruction Of JerusalemDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallYears Of Zedekiah

On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city became so severe that the common people had no food. The enemy broke through the city walls, and all Judah's soldiers fled. They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls beside the king's garden. While the Babylonians were attacking the city from all sides, they took the road to the plain of Jericho.