Jeremiah 39:2-4

Expanded Bible

² This lasted until the ninth day of the fourth month in Zedekiah’s eleventh year [^CJuly 18, 586 bc]. Then the city wall was ·broken through [breached]. ³ And all these officers of the king of Babylon came [^Cinto Jerusalem] and sat down at the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer ·of the district of Samgar [or Samgar-nebo]; Nebo-Sarsekim, a chief ·officer [or eunuch]; Nergal-Sharezer, ·an important leader [or the Rabmag]; and all the other important officers.

⁴ When Zedekiah king of Judah and all his soldiers saw them, they ·ran away [fled]. They ·left [went out of] Jerusalem at night and went out ·from [^Lby way of] the king’s garden. They went through the gate that was between the two walls and then headed toward the ·Jordan Valley [^LArabah].