2 Kings 25:5

5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the Arabah of Jericho, and all of his army scattered from him.

2 Kings 25:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 25:5

(See Gill on 2 Kings 25:1)

2 Kings 25:5 In-Context

3 In the ninth month, the famine became severe in the city, and there was no food for the people of the land.

4 Then the city was breached, and all of the men of war [entered] by night by way of the gate between the wall which was by the garden of the king, and the Chaldeans [were] against the city all around, so he left by the way of the Arabah.

5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the Arabah of Jericho, and all of his army scattered from him.

6 So they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and {they passed sentence on him}.

7 They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; then they blinded the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in bronze fetters and brought him [to] Babylon.