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Now it happened that when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, they (A)fled and went out of the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the gate (B)between the two walls; and he went out toward the [a]Arabah. But the military force of the (C)Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the [b](D)plains of Jericho; and they took him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at (E)Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he spoke judgment on him. Then the (F)king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah (G)before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slaughtered all the (H)nobles of Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:4 Jordan valley
  2. Jeremiah 39:5 Same Heb root as Arabah in 39:4