Hebrew on the tenth day of the tenth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. A number of events in 2 Kings can be cross-checked with dates in surviving Babylonian records and related accurately to our modern calendar. This day was January 15, 588 B.C.
Hebrew
By the ninth day of the [fourth] month [in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign] (compare
Jer 39:2;
52:6 and the notes there). This day was July 18, 586
B.C.; also see note on 25:1.
Or the Chaldeans; also in 25:13, 25, 26.
As in Greek version (see also
Jer 39:4;
52:7); Hebrew lacks
escaped.Hebrew the Arabah.
Or Chaldean; also in 25:10, 24.
Hebrew On the seventh day of the fifth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was August 14, 586 B.C.; also see note on 25:1.
Or destroyed the houses of all the important people.
Hebrew 18 cubits [8.3 meters].
As in parallel text at
Jer 40:8; Hebrew reads
Jaazaniah, a variant spelling of Jezaniah.
Hebrew in the seventh month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This month occurred within the months of October and November 586 B.C.; also see note on 25:1.
Hebrew He raised the head of.
As in some Hebrew manuscripts and Greek and Syriac versions (see also
Jer 52:31); Masoretic Text lacks
released him.Hebrew on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This day was April 2, 561 B.C.; also see note on 25:1.
