2 Kings 25:4 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

Then a section of the city wall was broken down. Since the city was surrounded by the Babylonians, the soldiers waited for nightfall and escaped through the gate between the two walls behind the king’s garden. Then they headed toward the Jordan Valley.

Commentaries

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

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

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

(See Gill on 2 Kings 25:1)

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…