# 2 Kings 25:3

> By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

— 2 Kings 25:3, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- 586 BC (counted from the text)
- Date source: 2 Kings 25:8 dates itself by the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar; the Babylonian Chronicles, which fix the start of his reign in 605 BC, convert the year.

## Who ruled

- **Nebuchadnezzar II**, king of Babylon, 605-562 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), which date the Battle of Carchemish and the first campaign against Judah; Berossus, cited by Josephus in Against Apion I

## See also

- Leviticus 26:26 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/leviticus/26/26
- Deuteronomy 28:52-53 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/28/52
- Jeremiah 38:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/38/2
- Jeremiah 52:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/52/6
- Lamentations 4:4-10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/4/4
- Ezekiel 5:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/5/12
- Ezekiel 7:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/7/15
- Ezekiel 14:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/14/21

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25/3
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).