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2 Kings 25

2 Kings 25:4

Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem · 2 Kings 25:1–7
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Translations

Modern
Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
Traditional
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.
Literal
And the city was breached, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the garden of the king. And the Chaldeans were against the city all around. And he went by way of the Arabah.
Latin
Et interrupta est civitas: et omnes viri bellatores nocte fugerunt per viam portæ quæ est inter duplicem murum ad hortum regis. Porro Chaldæi obsidebant in circuitu civitatem. Fugit itaque Sedecias per viam quæ ducit ad campestria solitudinis.

Original

Hebrew
English
Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

Notes

2 Kings 25:4

The Babylonians used battering rams (Ezekiel 4:2) to break a part of Jerusalem's wall and enter the city. At nightfall, King Zedekiah and the remaining troops escaped through the gate at the southeastern corner of the city into the Kidron Valley, trying to reach the Jordan Valley.

2 Kings 24:1–25:21

Nebuchadnezzar II attacked Judah at least three times, in 605 BC, 597 BC, and 586 BC.

He took treasures from Jerusalem and captured people to bring to Babylon (see 2 Kings 24:1, 10–17; 25:1–21).

Events

Parallels

2 Chronicles 36:15–21 Jeremiah 39:1–10

Places

Arabah: A desert region in the Jordan Valley and southward Chaldea: Ancient Mesopotamian empire; known for astrology and wisdom

Glossary

Arabah Babylon, Babylonia Book of Jeremiah Brook of the Arabah Chaldea, Chaldeans Chronology of the Bible (Old Testament) Dispersion of the Jews, Diaspora Ezekiel, Book of Gate between the two walls Gihon, Spring of King’s Garden Kings, Books of First and Second

Topics

Babylon: Nebuchadnezzar King of Besieged and Took Jerusalem Jerusalem: Calamities of, Mentioned: Taken and Burned by Nebuchadnezzar Jerusalem: Captured and Pillaged by Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon of the Cities Walls: Double Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: Captivity of the Jews Predicted and Fulfilled Zedekiah: Nebuchadnezzar Destroys the City and Temple