2Ki 25:8-9 | NET2full | STEP | On the seventh day of the fifth month , in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon , Nebuzaradan , the captain of the royal guard , who served the king of Babylon , arrived in Jerusalem .

‏ 2 Kings 25:8-9

Nebuchadnezzar Destroys Jerusalem

8 On the seventh ^{▼▼tn The parallel account in Jer 52:12 has “tenth.”} day of the fifth month, ^{▼▼sn The seventh day of the month would have been August 14, 586 b.c. in modern reckoning.} in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, ^{▼▼tn For the meaning of this phrase see BDB 371 s.v. טַבָּח 2, and compare the usage in Gen 39:1.} who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem. 9 He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and every large house he burned down with fire.”}