2 Kings 25:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

2 Kings 25:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Kings 25:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Kings 25:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.”

2 Kings 25:3 — World English Bible

2 Kings 25:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

2 Kings 25:3 — American Standard Version

2 Kings 25:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“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,”

2 Kings 25:3 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Kings 25:3 DBY — Darby Translation (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. ”

2 Kings 25:3 — Darby Translation

2 Kings 25:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“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.”

2 Kings 25:3 — Geneva Bible

2 Kings 25:3 in Context — 2 Kings 25

1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about.

2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

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.

4 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.

5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.

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What Does 2 Kings 25:3 Mean?

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