2 Kings 25:3New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— On the ninth of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— On the ninth of the month, when the famine had become severe in the city,—and there had come to be no bread for the people of the land,
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— on the ninth of the month—when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath not been bread for the people of the land,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The ninth day of the month: and a famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And the ninth day of the moneth the famine was sore in the citie, so that there was no bread for the people of the lande.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] moneth, the famine preuailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And in the eleventh year of King Zedekiah, on the ninth day of the fifth month, the famine was severe in the city and there was no bread for the people of the land.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. |
And on the ninth
8672 {8672} Primeתֵּשַׁעtesha`{tay'-shah}
The second form is the masculine of the first; perhaps from H8159 through the idea of a turn to the next or full number ten; nine or (ordinal) ninth.
[ day] of the [ fourth] month
2320 {2320} Primeחֹדֶשׁchodesh{kho'-desh}
From H2318; the new moon; by implication a month.
the famine
7458 {7458} Primeרָעָבra`ab{raw-awb'}
From H7456; hunger (more or less extensive).
prevailed
2388 {2388} Primeחָזַקchazaq{khaw-zak'}
A primitive root; to fasten upon; hence to seize, be strong (figuratively courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conquer.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
in the city,
5892 {5892} Primeעִיר`iyr{eer}
From H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post).
and there was
x1961 (1961) Complementהָיָהhayah{haw-yaw'}
A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary).
no
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
bread
3899 {3899} Primeלֶחֶםlechem{lekh'-em}
From H3898; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it).
for the people
5971 {5971} Primeעַם`am{am}
From H6004; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively a flock.
of the land.
776 {0776} Primeאֶרֶץ'erets{eh'-rets}
From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land). |
2 Kings 25:3
The people — For the common people, but only for the great men. Now they eat their own children for want of food, Lamentations 4:3, &c. Jeremiah in this extremity, earnestly persuaded the king to surrender; but his heart was hardened to his destruction. |
2 Kings 25:3
And on the ninth [day] of the [fourth] month the famine (c) prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
(c) So much that the mothers ate their children, (Lamentations 4:10). |
- the ninth day:
Jeremiah 39:2 [And] in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth [day] of the month, the city was broken up.
Jeremiah 52:6 And in the fourth month, in the ninth [day] of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
Zechariah 8:19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth [month], and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
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- the famine:
Leviticus 26:26 [And] when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver [you] your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
Deuteronomy 28:52-53 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. ... And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
Lamentations 4:4-10 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, [and] no man breaketh [it] unto them. ... The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Ezekiel 4:9-17 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, [according] to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. ... That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
Ezekiel 5:10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
Ezekiel 5:12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
Ezekiel 7:15 The sword [is] without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that [is] in the field shall die with the sword; and he that [is] in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
Ezekiel 14:21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
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- there was no:
Jeremiah 37:21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah 38:2 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.
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