Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
ZEDEKIAH TAKEN. (2Ki. 25:4-30)
the city was broken up—that is, a breach was effected, as we are elsewhere informed, in a part of the wall belonging to the lower city (II Chronicles 32:5; II Chronicles 33:14).
the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden—The king's garden was (Nehemiah 3:15) at the pool of Siloam, that is, at the mouth of the Tyropæon. A trace of the outermost of these walls appears to be still extant in the rude pathway which crosses the mouth of the Tyropæon, on a mound hard by the old mulberry tree, which marks the traditional spot of Isaiah's martyrdom [ROBINSON]. It is probable that the besiegers had overlooked this pass.
the king went . . . toward the plain—that is, the Ghor, or valley of Jordan, estimated at five hours' distance from Jerusalem. The plain near Jericho is about eleven or twelve miles broad.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Kings 25:4:
2 Chronicles 36:13
Jeremiah 17:19-27
Jeremiah 39:1
Ezekiel 12:11
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