Jeremiah 39:1-3

Expanded Bible

The Fall of Jerusalem

39 This is how Jerusalem was captured: Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and ·surrounded the city to attack it [^Lbesieged it]. This was during the tenth month of the ninth year Zedekiah was king of Judah [^CJanuary 588 bc; 52:4]. ² This lasted until the ninth day of the fourth month in Zedekiah’s eleventh year [^CJuly 18, 586 bc]. Then the city wall was ·broken through [breached]. ³ And all these officers of the king of Babylon came [^Cinto Jerusalem] and sat down at the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer ·of the district of Samgar [or Samgar-nebo]; Nebo-Sarsekim, a chief ·officer [or eunuch]; Nergal-Sharezer, ·an important leader [or the Rabmag]; and all the other important officers.