2 Kings 25:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. And the city was besieged, etc. - 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 endeavoring to make their escape by night.