2 Kings 25:4

2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

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.

5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.

6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon 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

    And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten.

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  • Jeremiah 5:10

    Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD’s.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:24–25

    They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

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  • 2 Kings 25:5

    And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:30

    How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

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  • Leviticus 26:36

    And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

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  • Ezekiel 12:12

    And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.

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  • Jeremiah 52:6–11

    And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.

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