(A)Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls that were beside (B)the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And [a]they went by way of the Arabah.

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  1. 2 Kings 25:4 As in some mss and ancient versions; MT he

Then the city wall was broken through,(A) and the whole army fled at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians[a] were surrounding(B) the city. They fled toward the Arabah,[b]

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  1. 2 Kings 25:4 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 13, 25 and 26
  2. 2 Kings 25:4 Or the Jordan Valley

16 And you said, “No, for we will flee on (A)horses!”
Therefore you shall flee!
“And we will ride on swift horses!”
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.

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16 You said, ‘No, we will flee(A) on horses.’(B)
    Therefore you will flee!
You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’
    Therefore your pursuers will be swift!

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Then the city was (A)breached, and all the (B)warriors fled and left the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls which was by the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were [a](C)all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah.

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  1. Jeremiah 52:7 Lit against the city on every side

Then the city wall was broken through, and the whole army fled.(A) They left the city at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians[a] were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah,[b]

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  1. Jeremiah 52:7 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 17
  2. Jeremiah 52:7 Or the Jordan Valley

14 (A)Refuge will be lost from the swift,
And the strong will not strengthen his power,
Nor the (B)warrior save his [a]life.

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  1. Amos 2:14 Lit soul

14 The swift will not escape,(A)
    the strong(B) will not muster their strength,
    and the warrior will not save his life.(C)

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