2 Kings 25:4

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.

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 So the city came under siege until the eleventh year of the king.
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}.

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