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Jeremiah 39:4

When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.

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ASV

And it came to pass that, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, through the gate betwixt the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah.

KJV

And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.

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23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְהִ֡יvay.Hiand it wasH1961 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka.'a.Sherjust whenH834 →
רָ֠אָםRa.'omhe saw themH7200 →
צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huZedekiahH6667 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
יְהוּדָ֜הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
וְכֹ֣ל׀ve.Kholand allH3605 →
אַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.Shei[the] men ofH582 →
הַמִּלְחָמָ֗הha.mil.cha.Mah<the> warH4421 →
וַֽ֠יִּבְרְחוּVai.yiv.re.chuand they fledH1272 →
וַיֵּצְא֨וּvai.ye.tze.'Uand they went outH3318 →
לַ֤יְלָהLay.lahnightH3915 →
מִן־min-fromH4480 →
הָעִיר֙ha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
דֶּ֚רֶךְDe.rekh[the] way ofH1870 →
גַּ֣ןgan[the] garden ofH1588 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
בְּשַׁ֖עַרbe.Sha.'arin a gateH8179 →
בֵּ֣יןbeinbetweenH996 →
הַחֹמֹתָ֑יִםha.cho.mo.Ta.yimthe two wallsH2346 →
וַיֵּצֵ֖אvai.ye.Tze'and he went outH3318 →
דֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekh[the] way ofH1870 →
הָעֲרָבָֽה׃ha.'a.ra.Vahthe ArabahH6160 →

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Ezekiel 12:4Bring out your baggage for exile by day, as they watch. Then in the evening, as they watch, go out like those who go into exile.2 Chronicles 32:5Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David, and he produced an abundance of weapons and shields.Amos 2:14Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.Jeremiah 52:7–11Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,Leviticus 26:17And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.Ezekiel 12:12And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.Jeremiah 38:18–20But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”2 Kings 25:4–7Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,Isaiah 30:15–16For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”Leviticus 26:36As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.Deuteronomy 32:24–30They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.Deuteronomy 28:25The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.Jeremiah 40:7When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,Isaiah 22:11You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.Isaiah 24:10The city of chaos is shattered; every house is closed to entry.Ecclesiastes 2:5I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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