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Jeremiah 52:5

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Jeremiah 52:5 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
Jeremiah 52:5 — American Standard Version

Context — Jeremiah 52

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
2And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
3For through the anger of Jehovah did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.
5So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
6In 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.
7Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king`s garden; (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about;) and they went toward the Arabah.
8But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“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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