Jeremiah 52:8

8 But the Babylonian troops chased King Zedekiah and overtook him on the plains of Jericho, for his men had all deserted him and scattered.

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 July 18 in the eleventh year of Zedekiah’s reign, the famine in the city had become very severe, and the last of the food was entirely gone.

7 Then a section of the city wall was broken down, and all the soldiers fled. Since the city was surrounded by the Babylonians, they waited for nightfall. Then they slipped through the gate between the two walls behind the king’s garden and headed toward the Jordan Valley.

8 But the Babylonian troops chased King Zedekiah and overtook him on the plains of Jericho, for his men had all deserted him and scattered.

9 They captured the king and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath. There the king of Babylon pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.

10 The king of Babylon made Zedekiah watch as he slaughtered his sons. He also slaughtered all the officials of Judah at Riblah.