Commentary for II Kings 24:10
בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא עלה [עָל֗וּ] עַבְדֵ֛י נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וַתָּבֹ֥א הָעִ֖יר בַּמָּצֽוֹר׃
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
Metzudat David on II Kings
they built ramparts around it to conquer it, just like it appears in the verse Deuteronomy 20:20 "and you shall build fortifications..." and it is called 'matzor' because it besieges and distresses the nation that is in it.
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