Jeremiah - 52:5

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5 So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

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Explanation and meaning of Jeremiah 52:5.

Differing Translations

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And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Sedecias.
And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
and the city cometh into siege till the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
So the town was shut in by their forces till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
Venitque civitas in obsidionem usque ad undecimum annum regis Sedechiae.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

So the city was besieged - It held out one year and six months.

So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. The siege continued about eighteen months; from the tenth day of the tenth month, in the ninth of Zedekiah's reign, to the ninth day of the fourth month, in the eleventh year of his reign; as follows:

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