complete verse (2 Kings 25:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 25:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “So, Nebuchadnezzar went to raid/fight Zedekiah. His soldiers arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year of the rulership of Zedekiah and surrounded Jerusalem. Those people heaped up things to surround the wall of that city so that they could climb on them to get inside and fight the battle.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “So on the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon brought his whole army and came to attack Jerusalem. All around the city building siege ramps against its walls he besieged the city.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “So in the ninth year of the reign of Zedekia, on the tenth day of the tenth month, King Nebucadnazer of Babilonia and his entire soldiers attacked Jerusalem. They camped outside the city and built little-towers around it.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “On January 15 of the ninth year that Zedekiah had been ruling, King Nebuchadnezzar arrived with his whole army, and they surrounded Jerusalem. They built ramps made of dirt against the walls of the city, so that they could climb up the ramps and attack the city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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