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When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled and went out of the city at night through the king’s garden through the gate between the two walls. Then he went out on the road toward the Arabah. The Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah on the plains of Jericho. When they seized him they brought him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed judgment on him. At Riblah, the king of Babylon executed Zedekiah’s sons right[a] before his eyes. He[b] also executed all the nobles of Judah.

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  1. Jeremiah 39:6 The Heb. lacks right
  2. Jeremiah 39:6 Lit. The king of Babylon