2 Kings 25:4

then was the city broken up, and all the men of war [fled] by night by way of the gate between the two walls, which is by the garden of the king, the Chaldeans being near the city round about,—and he went the way of the Waste Plain;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3On the ninth of the month, when the famine had become severe in the city,—and there had come to be no bread for the people of the land,

5and the force of the Chaldeans, pursued, the king, and overtook him in the Waste Plains of Jericho,—and, all his force, was scattered from him.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:36And as for such as are left of you, Then will I bring faintness into their heart, in the lands of their foes,—So that the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, And they shall flee as though fleeing from a sword And they shall fall, when no one is pursuing;

Deuteronomy 32:24The meltings of hunger, The devourings of fever, And the dangerous pestilence,—And, the tooth of beasts, will I send among them, With the poison of crawlers of the dust:

2 Kings 25:5and the force of the Chaldeans, pursued, the king, and overtook him in the Waste Plains of Jericho,—and, all his force, was scattered from him.

Isaiah 22:3All thy ruler, having fled, together, by the bow, are taken captive: All found in thee have been taken captive, together, Far away, have they fled.

Jeremiah 39:2In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month on the ninth of the month, was the city broken into.

Ezekiel 12:4Therefore shalt thou take forth thy baggage as baggage for exile, by day before their eyes,—and thou thyself, shalt go forth in the evening, before their eyes, like them who go forth to exile.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 25:2-8

Jerusalem Besieged. ( b. c. 590.) 1 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. 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. 4 And the city was broken up,… Read the whole commentary →

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