- three years:
- "And it came to pass¹ in the ninthª yearª of his reign,ª° in the tenthª month,ª in the tenthª [day] of the month,ª [that] Nebuchadnezzarª kingª of Babylonª came,ª° he,¹ and all¹ his host,ª against¹ Jerusalem,ª and pitchedª° against¹ it; and they builtª° fortsª against¹ it round about.ª ... And on the ninthª [day] of the [fourth] monthª the famineª prevailedª° in the city,ª and there was¹ no¹ breadª for the peopleª of the land.ª" {2Kg 25:1-3} + "And it came to pass¹ in the ninthª yearª of his reign,ª° in the tenthª month,ª in the tenthª [day] of the month,ª [that] Nebuchadrezzarª kingª of Babylonª came,ª° he¹ and all¹ his army,ª against¹ Jerusalem,ª and pitchedª° against¹ it, and builtª° fortsª against¹ it round about.ª ... So²° the cityª was besiegedª¹ unto¹ the eleventhªª yearª of kingª Zedekiah.ª" {Jer 52:4-5}
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