2 Kings 25:4

2 And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

3 By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

5 but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.

6 The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.

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BSB
Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
KJV
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
WEB
Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city around it); and the king went by the way of the Arabah.
ASV
Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king`s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about); and [the king] went by the way of the Arabah.
DARBY
And the city was broken into; and all the men of war [fled] by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls, which [leads] to the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about); and they went the way toward the plain.
BLB
And the city was breached, and all the men of war [fled] by night by way of the gate between the two walls, which [was] by the garden of the king. And the Chaldeans [were] against the city all around. And he went by way of the Arabah.
ÅB
Og byens mur ble gjennombrutt, og alle krigsmennene flyktet om natten gjennom porten mellom begge murene ved kongens have, mens kaldeerne lå leiret mot byen rundt omkring; og han[^2] tok veien til ødemarken.
OTB
Da ble byen brutt opp, og alle krigsmennene flyktet om natten gjennom porten mellom de to murene ved kongens hage, selv om kaldeerne var rundt hele byen. Og de dro veien gjennom Araba.
B1930
Og byens mur blev gjennembrutt, og alle krigsmennene flyktet om natten gjennem porten mellem begge murene ved kongens have, mens kaldeerne lå leiret mot byen rundt omkring; og han tok veien til ødemarken. / < kongen.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 33:21

    In the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth day of the tenth month, a fugitive from Jerusalem came to me and reported, “The city has been taken!”

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  • Jeremiah 5:10

    Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:24–25

    They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.

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  • 2 Kings 25:5

    but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:30

    How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

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  • Leviticus 26:36

    As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.

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  • Ezekiel 12:12

    And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.

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  • Jeremiah 52:6–11

    By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

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