In the ninth year ... - As the final catastrophe approaches, the historian becomes more precise and exact in his dates, marking not only the…

And it came to pass. — With the account that follows, compare Jeremiah 52:4 and following, Jeremiah 39:1–10, a…

Ver. 1-7. And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign ,
2 Kings 25:2

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Jerusalem was so fortified that it could not be taken until famine rendered the besieged unable to resist. In the prophecy and Lamentations of Jere…