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2 Kings 25:3

King James Version (KJV)

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2 Kings 25:3

Verse 3 of 30

Scripture focus

And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

2 Kings 25:3 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Kings 25:3

Theological / Devotional

Fourth month. The number of the fourth month is missing in the Hebrew, but it is correctly supplied in Jer. 52:6. The fourth month is approximately our July. In Zedekiah’s 11th year the ninth of the fourth month was probably July 19, 586 B.C. (see on v. 1).

Famine prevailed. By this time the famine had become so severe that defense was no longer possible. Mothers ate their own children in the extremity, and the skin of the sufferers became black and parched (Lam. 2:11, 12, 19, 20; 4:3-10; 5:10). The Lord had warned His people that such terrible conditions would be the result of transgression (Lev. 26:29; Deut. 28:53-57; Jer. 14:12-16; 15:2; 27:8, 13; Eze. 4:16, 17 ; 5:10, 12).

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