Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 25:2
And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
2. unto the eleventh year ] The natural strength of the position of Jerusalem must have been very considerable, for such a rabble as remained to be able to hold out nearly two years against the forces of Babylon. We know however (Jer 34:7) that Nebuchadnezzar’s troops were engaged at the same time in attacking Lachish and Azekah. So that a part only of his soldiers were employed against Jerusalem. We find too (Jer 37:5; Jer 37:11) that, on the report that the army of Pharaoh was coming forth out of Egypt, the siege of Jerusalem was so far relaxed that Jeremiah undertook to leave the city and depart into the land of Benjamin but was stopped at the gate by Irijah.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The siege lasted almost exactly a year and a half. Its calamities – famine, pestilence, and intense suffering – are best understood from the Lamentations of Jeremiah, written probably almost immediately after the capture.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 2. – 4. And the city was besieged, &c.] Nebuchadnezzar, having routed the Egyptian army, returned to Jerusalem, and besieged it so closely that, being reduced by famine, and a breach made in the wall, the Chaldeans entered it on the ninth day of the fourth month, (Wednesday, July 27,) Zedekiah and many others endeavouring to make their escape by night.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
[See comments on 2Ki 25:1]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(2) Unto the eleventh year.The siege lasted altogether one year, five months, and twenty-seven days (2Ki. 25:1 compared with 2Ki. 25:8). The Chaldans raised the siege for a time, and marched against Pharaoh-Hophra, who was coming to the help of the Jews (Jer. 37:5 seq.; comp. Eze. 17:17; Eze. 30:20 seq.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2. Unto the eleventh year Strong must that city have been which could, after all its previous misfortunes, endure so long a siege as this. It appears from Jer 37:5-11, that during this siege the army of Pharaoh-hophra (Jer 44:30) interfered, and for a time obliged the Babylonian forces to retire from Jerusalem.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ki 25:2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
Ver. 2. Unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. ] Which was a full year and half; yet so as that the siege was raised for a time by the coming of Pharaohhophra, that broken reed, as Ezekiel styleth him, whereunto there was no trusting; and so it proved: for he came into the field like thunder and lightning, but went out like a snuff. Jer 37:5 ; Jer 37:11
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: 2Ki 24:10 – was besieged Jer 21:2 – for Jer 32:1 – in the Jer 39:1 – the ninth