Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 52:7

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Jeremiah 52:7

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Jeremiah 52:7

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city 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 they went toward the Arabah." — Jeremiah 52:7 (ASV)

Went forth out of the city. —Omitted in 2 Kings 25:4.

They went by the way of the plain. —In 2 Kings 25:4the king (not in the Hebrew) went (verb in the singular) the way toward the plain.