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2 Kings 25:5

Jericho

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.

4 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.

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.

7 And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried 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

    Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

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  • Jeremiah 39:5

    But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

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  • Jeremiah 52:8

    But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

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  • Isaiah 30:16

    But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

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  • Jeremiah 24:8

    And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:

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