2 Kings 25:4

KJV

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, King James Version
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Context

This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 25 connects to 10 cross-references. Zedekiah rebels; Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem for eighteen months. When the city's defenses fail and famine is severe, Zedekiah flees but is captured; his sons are killed before his eyes, then he is blinded, bound, and taken to Babylon. The temple …

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Other Translations

ASV

Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about); and the king went by the way of the Arabah.

YLT

then the city is broken up, and all the men of war <FI>go<Fi> by night the way of the gate, between the two walls that <FI>are<Fi> by the garden of the king, and the Chaldeans <FI>are<Fi> against the city round about, and <FI>the king<Fi> goeth the way of the plain.

BBE

So an opening was made in the wall of the town, and all the men of war went in flight by night through the doorway between the two walls which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldaeans were stationed round the town:) and the king went by the way of the Arabah.

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