2 Kings 25:4

4 Then the enemy broke into the city. All the soldiers fled by night using the gate between the two walls near the King's Garden. The Chaldeans were surrounding the city, so the soldiers ran toward the desert plain.

2 Kings 25:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 25:4

(See Gill on 2 Kings 25:1)

2 Kings 25:4 In-Context

2 The city was under attack until King Zedekiah's eleventh year.

3 On the ninth day of the month, the famine in the city got so bad that no food remained for the common people.

4 Then the enemy broke into the city. All the soldiers fled by night using the gate between the two walls near the King's Garden. The Chaldeans were surrounding the city, so the soldiers ran toward the desert plain.

5 But the Chaldean army chased King Zedekiah and caught up with him in the Jericho plains. His entire army deserted him.

6 So the Chaldeans captured the king and brought him back to the Babylonian king, who was at Riblah. There his punishment was determined.

Footnotes

• [a] LXX, cf Jer 52:7; MT lacks fled.