Jeremiah 39:1-3

Good News Translation

The Fall of Jerusalem

39 In the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia came with his whole army and attacked Jerusalem. ² On the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year as king, the city walls were broken through.

(³ When Jerusalem was captured,^[a] all the high officials of the king of Babylonia came and took their places at the Middle Gate, including Nergal Sharezer, Samgar Nebo, Sarsechim, and another Nergal Sharezer.^[b])