2Ki 25:8 | NETfull | 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

Nebuchadnezzar Destroys Jerusalem

8 On the seventh ^{▼▼ The parallel account in Jer 52:12 has “tenth.”} day of the fifth month, ^{▼▼ 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 ^{▼▼ 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. ^{▼▼ For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; Journey of Paul map 1-F4; Journey of Paul map 2-F4; Journey of Paul map 3-F4; Journey of Paul map 4-F4.}