# came ... against Jerusalem

"came to attack Jerusalem"

# In the ninth year and tenth month of Zedekiah king of Judah

This is after Zedekiah had been king of Judah for eight years, in the tenth month of the Hebrew calendar. It is during the last part of December and the first part of January on Western calendars. Alternate translation: "In the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah was king of Judah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths]])

# ninth ... tenth

See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]]

