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2 Kings 25:4
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2 So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
3 By the ninth day of the afourth month the famine had become so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.  
4 Then athe city wall was broken through, and all the men of war fled at night by way of the gate between two walls, which was by the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans were still encamped all around against the city. And bthe king went by way of the plain.  
5 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him.
6 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon aat Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him.  
7 Then they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, aput out the eyes of Zedekiah, bound him with bronze fetters, and took him to Babylon.  
8 And in the fifth month, aon the seventh day of the month (which was bthe nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), cNebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.  
9 aHe burned the house of the Lord band the king’s house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, che burned with fire.  
10 And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard abroke down the walls of Jerusalem all around.  
11 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive athe rest of the people who remained in the city and the defectors who had deserted to the king of Babylon, with the rest of the multitude.  
12 But the captain of the guard aleft some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.  
Verse Comparison: 2 Kings 25:4

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
Then the city was broken through; the king and all the warriors fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls by the king's garden, though the Chaldeans were round about the city. [The king] went by the way toward the Arabah (the plain).

Contemporary English Version
the Babylonian troops broke through the city wall. That same night, Zedekiah and his soldiers tried to escape through the gate near the royal garden, even though they knew the enemy had the city surrounded. They headed toward the desert,

Darby English Version
And the city was broken into; and all the men of war [fled] by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls, which [leads] to the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about); and they went the way toward the plain.

Good News Bible
the city walls were broken through. Although the Babylonians were surrounding the city, all the soldiers escaped during the night. They left by way of the royal garden, went through the gateway connecting the two walls, and fled in the direction of the Jordan Valley.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war {fled} by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside the king's garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah.

New International Version
Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled at night through the gate between the two walls near the king's garden, though the Babylonians were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah,

New King James Version
Then the city wall was broken through, and all the men of war fled at night by way of the gate between two walls, which was by the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans were still encamped all around against the city. And the king went by way of the plain.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then enemies broke into the city, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside the king's garden, though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. And they went by way of the Arabah.

Revised Standard Version
Then a breach was made in the city; the king with all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by the king's garden, though the Chalde'ans were around the city. And they went in the direction of the Arabah.

Young's Literal Translation
then the city is broken up, and all the men of war `go' by night the way of the gate, between the two walls that `are' by the garden of the king, and the Chaldeans `are' against the city round about, and `the king' goeth the way of the plain.

New English Translation
The enemy broke through the city walls,1 and all the soldiers tried to escape. They left the city during the night.2 They went through the gate between the two walls that is near the king’s garden.3 (The Babylonians were all around the city.) Then they headed for the Jordan Valley.4


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