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“At that time,” i.e., when Jehoiachin had come to the throne, or, according to 2Ch 36:10, “at the turn of the year,” i.e., in the spring (see at 1Ki 20:22), the servants (generals) of Nebuchadnezzar marched against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. The Keri עָלוּ is substantially correct, but is an unnecessary alteration of the Chethîb עָלָה, since the verb when it precedes the subject is not unfrequently used in the singular, though before a plural subject (cf. Ewald, §316, a.). The נב עַבְדֵי are different from the גְדוּדִים of 2Ki 24:2. As the troops sent against Jehoiakim had not been able to conquer Judah, especially Jerusalem, Nebuchadnezzar sent his generals with an army against Jerusalem, to besiege the city and take it.