King James Version
2 Kings 24:11 in the King James Version says “And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.”
2 Kings 24:11 · KJV
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged . was: Heb. came into siege
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. officers: or, eunuchs his reign: Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year
And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And Nebuchadnezzar”
H5019nebukadnetstsar (or nebukadretsts(-ar, or)), king of babylon
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“against the city”
H5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
“did besiege”
H6696to cramp, i.e., confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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