Jeremiah 38:28 - Exposition

And he was there when, etc. The words, of which this is an incorrect version, ought to begin the first verse of the next chapter. Render (with Coverdale), And it came to pass when Jerusalem was taken ( in the ninth year of Zedekiah came Nebuchadrezzar, etc.; in the eleventh year …the city was cleft open ) that all the princes, etc. The correctness of the reading is, however, open to some doubt (see introduction to next chapter)