2Ki 25:1 | NETfull | STEP | So King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside it. They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign.

2 Kings 25:1

1 So King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside ^{▼▼ Or “against.”} it. They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign. ^{▼▼ This would have been Jan 15, 588 b.c. The reckoning is based on the calendar that begins the year in the spring (Nisan = March/April).}