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Then a breach was made in the city wall;[a] the king with all the soldiers fled[b] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. They went in the direction of the Arabah. But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; all his army was scattered, deserting him. Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, who passed sentence on him.

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  1. 2 Kings 25:4 Heb lacks wall
  2. 2 Kings 25:4 Gk Compare Jer 39.4; 52.7: Heb lacks the king and lacks fled

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