Battle of Jericho - Bible Story and Jericho's Significance
Joel Ryan
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2 Kings 25:4
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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.
2 Kings 25:4 Meaning and Commentary
2 Kings 25:4
(See Gill on 2 Kings 25:1)
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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2 Kings 25:4 In-Context
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And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
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