The Science in the Bible

Entry 67 · Section 7: War

A City Under Siege

Babylonian forces seal Jerusalem until famine, breach, flight, capture, burning, and demolition follow.

Scripture: 2 Kgs 25:1–10; Jer 52:4–14

Civil Eng.NutritionHydrologyLogistics

Siege timeline from the tenth day of the tenth month in year nine to the ninth day of the fourth month in year eleven, converted on a thirty-day schematic calendar.
Siege timeline from the tenth day of the tenth month in year nine to the ninth day of the fourth month in year eleven, converted on a thirty-day schematic calendar.

The question

How long could a declared food store and internal water flow support a city across the dated siege?

Why it matters

Food is a declining stock, water is a continuing flow, and the breach changes the city from a closed system to an exposed one.

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