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.  ‡

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.  ‡