Jeremiah 52:8

8 but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.

Jeremiah 52:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 52:8

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king
Not finding him in his palace, and being informed of his flight, and which way he took: and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho:
(See Gill on Jeremiah 39:5); and all his army was scattered from him;
when they saw the enemy pursuing them, and near unto them, they left him, as Josephus ^F17 says, and shifted for themselves.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Ibid. (Antiqu. l. 10. c. 8. sect. 2. Ed. Hudson.)

Jeremiah 52:8 In-Context

6 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.

7 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,

8 but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.

9 The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.

10 There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.