Jer 39:1-3 | ESV | STEP | In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah , in the tenth month , Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it .

aFor ver. 1-10, see ch. 52:4-16; 2 Kgs. 25:1-12

Jeremiah 39:1-3

The Fall of Jerusalem

1 ^aIn the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city. 3 Then all ^bthe officials of the king of Babylon came ^cand sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sar-ezer of Samgar, Nebu-sar-sekim ^dthe Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, with all the rest of the officers of the king of Babylon.