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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.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The city was broken up - Rather, “broken into,” that is, a breach was made around midnight in the northern wall (Ezekiel 9:2), a…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Broken up. —Compare 2 Chronicles 32:1. A breach was made in the wall with battering-rams, such as are depicted in the …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

(See Gill on 2 Kings 25:1)

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Jerusalem was so fortified that it could not be taken until famine rendered the besieged unable to resist. In the prophecy and Lamentations of Jere…

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