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They fled toward the Arabah, <a href="/nlt/2_kings/25.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then a section of the city wall was broken down. Since the city was surrounded by the Babylonians, the soldiers waited for nightfall and escaped through the gate between the two walls behind the king’s garden. Then they headed toward the Jordan Valley. <a href="/esv/2_kings/25.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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, by the king’s garden, and the Chaldeans were around the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah. <a href="/bsb/2_kings/25.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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, <a href="/kjv/2_kings/25.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/25.htm">New King James Version</a> Then the city wall was broken through, and all the men of war fled at night by way of the gate between two walls, which was by the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans were still encamped all around against the city. And the king went by way of the plain. <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/25.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls that were beside the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah. <a href="/nasb/2_kings/25.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside the king&#8217s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah. <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/25.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah. <a href="/lsb/2_kings/25.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah. <a href="/amp/2_kings/25.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then the city [wall] was broken into [and conquered]; all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans (Babylonians) were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah (the plain of the Jordan). <a href="/csb/2_kings/25.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then the city was broken into, and all the warriors fled at night by way of the city gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. As the king made his way along the route to the Arabah, <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/25.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then the city was broken into, and all the warriors fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king&#8217s garden, even though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. As the king made his way along the route to the Arabah, <a href="/asv/2_kings/25.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/2_kings/25.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> the Babylonian troops broke through the city wall. That same night, Zedekiah and his soldiers tried to escape through the gate near the royal garden, even though they knew the enemy had the city surrounded. They headed toward the desert, <a href="/erv/2_kings/25.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/2_kings/25.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The enemy broke through the city walls that night. All Judah's soldiers left on the road of the gate between the two walls beside the king's garden. While the Babylonians were attacking the city from all sides, the king took the road to the plain [of Jericho]. <a href="/gnt/2_kings/25.htm">Good News Translation</a> the city walls were broken through. Although the Babylonians were surrounding the city, all the soldiers escaped during the night. They left by way of the royal garden, went through the gateway connecting the two walls, and fled in the direction of the Jordan Valley. <a href="/isv/2_kings/25.htm">International Standard Version</a> The city was breached, and the entire army left during the night through the gate that stood between the two walls beside the royal garden, even though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city. They escaped through the Arabah, <a href="/msb/2_kings/25.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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, <a href="/net/2_kings/25.htm">NET Bible</a> The enemy broke through the city walls, and all the soldiers tried to escape. They left the city during the night. They went through the gate between the two walls that is near the king's garden. (The Babylonians were all around the city.) Then they headed for the Jordan Valley. <a href="/nheb/2_kings/25.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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 they went by the way of the Arabah. <a href="/wbt/2_kings/25.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 on all sides:) and the king went the way towards the plain. <a href="/web/2_kings/25.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/25.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the city is broken up, and all the men of war [go] by night the way of the gate, between the two walls that [are] by the garden of the king, and the Chaldeans [are] against the city all around, and [the king] goes the way of the plain. <a href="/ylt/2_kings/25.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> then the city is broken up, and all the men of war go by night the way of the gate, between the two walls that are by the garden of the king, and the Chaldeans are against the city round about, and the king goeth the way of the plain. <a href="/slt/2_kings/25.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the city will be broken up, and all the men of war by night the way of the gate between the walls by the king's garden: (and the Chaldees against the city round about;) and he will go the way of the sterile region.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/25.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And a breach was made into the city: and all the men of war fled in the night between the two walls by the king's garden, (now the Chaldees besieged the city round about,) and Sedecias fled by the way that leadeth to the plains of the wilderness. <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/25.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And the city was breached. And all the men of war fled in the night along the way of the gate which is between the double wall at the garden of the king. Now the Chaldeans were besieging the city on all sides. And so Zedekiah fled along the way which leads to the plains of the wilderness. <a href="/nabre/2_kings/25.htm">New American Bible</a> the city walls were breached. That night, all the soldiers came to the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden (the Chaldeans had the city surrounded), while the king went toward the Arabah. <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/25.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then a breach was made in the city wall; the king with all the soldiers fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. They went in the direction of the Arabah.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/25.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the city was breached, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which is by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were round about the city), and they went by the way of the plain. <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/25.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the city was breached and all the men warriors fled, and they went out from the city in the night on the road of the gate that was between the walls that were at the side of the garden of the King, and the Chaldeans surrounded the city, and they went on the road of the plain.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/25.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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. <a href="/sep/2_kings/25.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the city was broken up, and all the men of war went forth by night, by the way of the gate between the walls, this is the gate of the king's garden: and the Chaldeans were set against the city round about: and the king went by the way of the plain. <a href="/parallel/2_kings/25-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=8645" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/25.htm">Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem</a> …3By 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<a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">Then the city</a> <a href="/hebrew/1234.htm" title="1234: wat·tib·bā·qa‘ (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To cleave, break open or through. A primitive root; to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open.">was breached;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3778.htm" title="3778: wə·ḵaś·dîm (Conj-w:: N-proper-mp) -- A region of S. Bab. and its inhab. (occasionally with enclitic) Kasdiymah; towards the Kasdites.">and though the Chaldeans</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">had surrounded</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">the city,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: wə·ḵāl (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/582.htm" title="582: ’an·šê (N-mpc) -- Man, mankind. From 'anash; properly, a mortal; hence, a man in general.">the men</a> <a href="/hebrew/4421.htm" title="4421: ham·mil·ḥā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- A battle, war. From lacham; a battle; generally, war.">of war</a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: hal·lay·lāh (Art:: N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity.">fled by night</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: de·reḵ (N-csc) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">by way</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: ša·‘ar (N-ms) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">of the gate</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bên (Prep) -- An interval, space between. ">between</a> <a href="/hebrew/2346.htm" title="2346: ha·ḥō·mō·ṯa·yim (Art:: N-fd) -- A wall. Feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection.">the two walls</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">near</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">the king’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1588.htm" title="1588: gan (N-csc) -- An enclosure, garden. From ganan; a garden.">garden.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: way·yê·leḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">They headed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: de·reḵ (N-csc) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">toward</a> <a href="/hebrew/6160.htm" title="6160: hā·‘ă·rā·ḇāh (Art:: N-fs) -- From arab; a desert; especially the sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea.">the Arabah,</a> 5but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/39-4.htm">Jeremiah 39:4</a> When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah. <a href="/jeremiah/52-7.htm">Jeremiah 52:7</a> Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah, <a href="/ezekiel/12-12.htm">Ezekiel 12:12</a> 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. <a href="/lamentations/4-19.htm">Lamentations 4:19-20</a> Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness. / The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.” <a href="/jeremiah/38-18.htm">Jeremiah 38:18-23</a> But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’” / But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.” / “They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live. ... <a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">2 Chronicles 36:17-20</a> So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, / who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials. / Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value. ... <a href="/jeremiah/21-4.htm">Jeremiah 21:4-7</a> this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city. / And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath. / I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’ ... <a href="/ezekiel/33-21.htm">Ezekiel 33:21</a> 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!” <a href="/jeremiah/32-4.htm">Jeremiah 32:4</a> Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye. <a href="/jeremiah/34-3.htm">Jeremiah 34:3</a> And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon. <a href="/matthew/24-16.htm">Matthew 24:16-18</a> then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. / Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house. / And let no one in the field return for his cloak. <a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Luke 21:20-22</a> But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. <a href="/mark/13-14.htm">Mark 13:14-16</a> So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. / Let no one on the housetop go back inside to retrieve anything from his house. / And let no one in the field return for his cloak. <a href="/jeremiah/37-17.htm">Jeremiah 37:17</a> Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.” <a href="/isaiah/30-15.htm">Isaiah 30:15-16</a> For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.” / “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.the city.<a href="/2_kings/25-27.htm">2 Kings 25:27</a> And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;<a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">Jeremiah 5:10</a> 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.<a href="/jeremiah/39-2.htm">Jeremiah 39:2,3</a> And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up… <a href="/jeremiah/52-6.htm">Jeremiah 52:6,7-11</a> 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… fled.<a href="/leviticus/26-17.htm">Leviticus 26:17,36</a> And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you… <a href="/deuteronomy/28-25.htm">Deuteronomy 28:25</a> The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24,25,30</a> 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… and the king.<a href="/2_kings/25-5.htm">2 Kings 25:5</a> 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.<a href="/ezekiel/12-12.htm">Ezekiel 12:12</a> 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.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/14-25.htm">Arabah</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-5.htm">Breach</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-14.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-2.htm">Chaldeans</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-2.htm">Chaldees</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-3.htm">City</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-19.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-26.htm">Garden</a> <a href="/2_kings/23-8.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-15.htm">King's</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-35.htm">Night</a> <a href="/2_kings/14-25.htm">Plain</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-1.htm">Round</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-1.htm">Sides</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-25.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-16.htm">War</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-2.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/33-9.htm">Arabah</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-11.htm">Breach</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-10.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-5.htm">Chaldeans</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-5.htm">Chaldees</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-11.htm">City</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-26.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/nehemiah/3-15.htm">Garden</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-18.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-9.htm">King's</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-27.htm">Night</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/5-16.htm">Plain</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-10.htm">Round</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-10.htm">Sides</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-10.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-19.htm">War</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-18.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 25</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/25-1.htm">Jerusalem is besieged.</a> 4. <a href="/2_kings/25-4.htm">Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out.</a> 8. <a href="/2_kings/25-8.htm">Nebuzaradan defaces the city, exiles the remnant, except a few poor laborers;</a> 13. <a href="/2_kings/25-13.htm">and carries away the treasures.</a> 18. <a href="/2_kings/25-18.htm">The nobles are slain at Riblah.</a> 22. <a href="/2_kings/25-22.htm">Gedaliah, who was over those who remained, being slain, the rest flee into Egypt.</a> 27. <a href="/2_kings/25-27.htm">Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin in his court.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase marks the culmination of the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem, which lasted approximately 18 months. The breaching of the city walls signifies the fall of Jerusalem, a pivotal event in Jewish history. This breach fulfilled the prophecies of Jeremiah (<a href="/jeremiah/21-4.htm">Jeremiah 21:4-7</a>) and Ezekiel (<a href="/ezekiel/24.htm">Ezekiel 24:1-2</a>), who warned of Jerusalem's destruction due to the people's disobedience and idolatry.and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, The Chaldeans, also known as Babylonians, were led by King Nebuchadnezzar. Their encirclement of Jerusalem was a common military tactic to cut off supplies and weaken the city's defenses. This siege is part of the larger Babylonian conquest, which was a tool of divine judgment against Judah for its persistent sin (<a href="/2_kings/24-2.htm">2 Kings 24:2-4</a>).all the men of war fled by night The flight of the soldiers indicates a desperate and chaotic retreat. Despite their duty to defend the city, the overwhelming power of the Babylonian forces led to their escape attempt. This act of fleeing fulfills the prophecy in <a href="/jeremiah/39-4.htm">Jeremiah 39:4</a>, where it was foretold that the king and his soldiers would try to escape.by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. This specific location suggests a strategic escape route, possibly less guarded or known only to the city's leaders. The king's garden is believed to be located near the southeastern part of Jerusalem, close to the Kidron Valley. Archaeological findings suggest this area was part of the city's royal complex, indicating the escape was planned by those with intimate knowledge of the city's layout.They headed toward the Arabah, The Arabah refers to the region south of the Dead Sea, a desert area that provided a potential escape route towards the wilderness. This direction suggests an attempt to flee towards the safety of the Jordan Valley or beyond. The Arabah's harsh terrain would have made pursuit difficult, but it also highlights the desperation of the fleeing soldiers. This escape attempt ultimately failed, as recorded in <a href="/2_kings/25-5.htm">2 Kings 25:5</a>, where the Babylonian army overtakes them.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_city.htm">The City (Jerusalem)</a> The capital of Judah, under siege by the Babylonians (Chaldeans) during this event. 2. <a href="/topical/m/men_of_war.htm">Men of War</a> The soldiers and defenders of Jerusalem who attempted to escape the city at night. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_gate_between_the_two_walls.htm">The Gate between the Two Walls</a> A specific exit point in Jerusalem, indicating a strategic but desperate escape route. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_king's_garden.htm">The King’s Garden</a> A location near the escape route, possibly a royal or significant area within the city. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_chaldeans.htm">The Chaldeans (Babylonians)</a> The invading force led by King Nebuchadnezzar, surrounding and besieging Jerusalem. 6. <a href="/topical/t/the_arabah.htm">The Arabah</a> A desert region toward which the fleeing soldiers aimed to escape, indicating a direction away from the city.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_inevitability_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Inevitability of God's Judgment</a> Despite human efforts to escape, God's judgment, as prophesied, will come to pass. This serves as a reminder of the importance of obedience and repentance. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> The fall of Jerusalem and the desperate escape attempt illustrate the severe consequences of turning away from God. It calls believers to examine their own lives for areas of disobedience. <a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_human_plans_without_god.htm">The Futility of Human Plans Without God</a> The soldiers' escape plan failed because it was not aligned with God's will. This teaches us to seek God's guidance in our plans and decisions. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_desperation.htm">Hope in Desperation</a> Even in dire situations, there is hope for redemption and restoration through repentance and faith in God. This encourages believers to trust in God's ultimate plan for their lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_25.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 25</a> <a href="/q/why_do_some_bad_leaders_go_unpunished.htm">Jeremiah 23:1–2: How can God condemn “shepherds” who mislead the flock while, historically, many oppressive leaders seem to go unpunished? </a> <a href="/q/how_to_verify_jeremiah_22_5's_judgment.htm">In Jeremiah 22:5, how can one verify historically or archaeologically that God’s promised judgment on the house of David came to pass exactly as stated? </a> <a href="/q/solomon's_horse_stalls__40k_or_4k.htm">How many stalls for horses did Solomon have? Forty thousand (I Kings 4:26) Four thousand (2 chronicles 9:25)</a> <a href="/q/why_do_2_chr_9_25_and_1_kgs_4_26_differ.htm">Why do the numbers listed in 2 Chronicles 9:25 about Solomon's horses and chariots differ from related passages like 1 Kings 4:26?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/25.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) Broken up.--Comp. <a href="/2_chronicles/32-1.htm" title="After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.">2Chronicles 32:1</a>. A breach was made in the wall with battering-rams, such as are depicted in the Assyrian sculptures. The Chaldaeans forced their entry on the north side of the city, i.e., they took the Lower City (<a href="/2_kings/22-14.htm" title="So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelled in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.">2Kings 22:14</a>). This is clear from <a href="/jeremiah/39-3.htm" title="And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.">Jeremiah 39:3</a>, where it is said that, after effecting an entrance, their generals proceeded to assault "the middle gate," i.e., the gate in the north wall of Zion, which separated the upper from the lower city. (See also <a href="/2_kings/14-13.htm" title="And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.">2Kings 14:13</a>.)All the men of war fled.--The Hebrew here is defective, for it wants a verb, and mention of the king is implied by what follows. (See <a href="/jeremiah/39-4.htm" title="And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.">Jeremiah 39:4</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/52-7.htm" title="Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.">Jeremiah 52:7</a>.) A comparison of these parallels suggests the reading: "And Zedekiah king of Judah and all the men of war fled, and went out of the city by night," &c. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/25.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 4. - And the city was broken up; rather, brown into; i.e. a breach was made in the walls. Probably the breach was on the north side of the city, where the ground is nearly level (see <a href="/ezekiel/9-2.htm">Ezekiel 9:2</a>). According to Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 10:8. § 2), the enemy entered through the breach about midnight. And all the men of war - i.e., all the soldiers who formed the garrison - fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls; rather, between the two walls, as in <a href="/jeremiah/52-7.htm">Jeremiah 52:7</a>. As the enemy broke in on the north, the king and garrison quitted the city on the south by a gate which opened into the Tyropoeon valley, between the two walls that guarded the town on either side of it. Which is by the king's garden. The royal gardens were situated near the Pool of Siloam, at the mouth of the Tyrepoeon, and near the junction of the Hinnom with the Kidron valley (see Josephus, 'Ant. Jud.,' 7:11). (Now the Chaldees were against the city round about.) The town, i.e., was guarded on all sides by Chaldean troops, so that Zedekiah and his soldiers must either have attacked the line of guard, and broken through it, or have slipped between two of the blockading pests under cover of the darkness. As no collision is mentioned, either here or in Jeremiah, the latter seems the more probable supposition. And the king went the way toward the plain; literally, and he 'went. The writer supposes that his readers will understand that the king left the city with his troops; and so regards "he went" as sufficiently intelligible. <a href="/jeremiah/52-7.htm">Jeremiah 52:7</a> has "they went. By "the plain" (literally, "the Arabsh") the valley of the Jordan is intended, and by "the way" to it the ordinary road from Jerusalem to Jericho. <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/25-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then the city הָעִ֗יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement was breached; וַתִּבָּקַ֣ע (wat·tib·bā·qa‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1234.htm">Strong's 1234: </a> To cleave, to rend, break, rip, open and though the Chaldeans וְכַשְׂדִּ֥ים (wə·ḵaś·dîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3778.htm">Strong's 3778: </a> Chaldeans -- a region of southern Babylon and its inhab had surrounded סָבִ֑יב (sā·ḇîḇ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> A circle, neighbour, environs, around the city, הָעִ֖יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement all וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the men אַנְשֵׁ֨י (’an·šê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person of war הַמִּלְחָמָ֤ה ׀ (ham·mil·ḥā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4421.htm">Strong's 4421: </a> A battle, war fled by night הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ (hal·lay·lāh) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3915.htm">Strong's 3915: </a> A twist, night, adversity by way דֶּ֜רֶךְ (de·reḵ) Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action of the gate שַׁ֣עַר ׀ (ša·‘ar) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> An opening, door, gate between בֵּ֣ין (bên) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> An interval, space between the two walls הַחֹמֹתַ֗יִם (ha·ḥō·mō·ṯa·yim) Article | Noun - fd <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2346.htm">Strong's 2346: </a> A wall of protection near עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the king’s הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> A king garden. גַּ֣ן (gan) Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1588.htm">Strong's 1588: </a> An enclosure, garden They fled וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk toward דֶּ֥רֶךְ (de·reḵ) Noun - common singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action the Arabah, הָעֲרָבָֽה׃ (hā·‘ă·rā·ḇāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6160.htm">Strong's 6160: </a> Arabah -- a steppe or desert plain, also a desert valley running south from the Sea of Galilee <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/25-4.htm">2 Kings 25:4 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/25-4.htm">2 Kings 25:4 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/25-4.htm">2 Kings 25:4 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/25-4.htm">2 Kings 25:4 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/25-4.htm">2 Kings 25:4 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/25-4.htm">2 Kings 25:4 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/25-4.htm">2 Kings 25:4 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/25-4.htm">2 Kings 25:4 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/25-4.htm">2 Kings 25:4 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/25-4.htm">2 Kings 25:4 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-4.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 25:4 Then a breach was made (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/25-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 25:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 25:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/25-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 25:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 25:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>