Jeremiah 39:4 meaning and explanation

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.

Jeremiah 39:4, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah 39:4 describes the night King Zedekiah and his soldiers fled Jerusalem after Babylonian officials took their seats at the Middle Gate, the moment the city was breached. The king's garden and the gate between the two walls lay at the southeast corner of the city, and the route toward the Arabah led down into the Jordan Valley.

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