the king of Babylons army besieged Jerusalem] For the siege began in the ninth year of Zedekiah: but the City was not taken before the eleventh year, 2 King. 25. 1, 2. Chap. 39. 1, 2. in the court of the prison] Heb. custody; or, keeping. Matthew 14:3. See Nehem. 3. 21.