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2 Kings 25:5

Jericho

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.

4 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,

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.

7 And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
But the Chaldean army pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
ASV
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
DARBY
And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
BLB
And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him.
ÅB
Men kaldeernes hær satte etter kongen og nådde ham igjen på Jerikos ødemarker; og hele hans hær spredte seg og forlot ham.
OTB
Men hæren til kaldeerne forfulgte kongen, og tok ham igjen på slettene ved Jeriko, og hele hans hær ble spredt fra ham.
B1930
Men kaldeernes hær satte efter kongen og nådde ham igjen på Jerikos ødemarker; og hele hans hær spredte sig og forlot ham.

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  • Amos 2:14–16

    Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.

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  • Jeremiah 39:5

    But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.

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  • Jeremiah 52:8

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

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  • Isaiah 30:16

    “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.

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  • Jeremiah 24:8

    But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.

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