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A Desperate, Detailed Escape
Commentators explain the specific military and geographical details of Jerusalem's fall. The Babylonians breached the northern wall, forcing King Zedekiah and his men into a desperate nighttime flight through a southern gate near the king's garden, attempting to break through the completely encircled city.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Kings 25:4
18th Century
Theologian
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
On 2 Kings 25:4
19th Century
Bishop
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
On 2 Kings 25:4
17th Century
Pastor
(See Gill on 2 Kings 25:1)
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Kings 25:1–7
17th Century
Minister
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…