Jeremiah 39:4

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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 between the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.

Verse 3 Read Chapter 39 Verse 5

George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Walls. This gate had not yet been seized, (Calmet) leading to Jericho, ver. 5. (Haydock) (Ezechiel xii. 4.) Roman Septuagint passes over the next 12 verses, which seem to be taken from 4 Kings xxv. 4. (Calmet) Grabe supplies ver. 4. to 13., inclusively. "And they sent", which is well connected with ver. 3. The possession of one gate would let all the army enter: whereupon Sedecias fled by a postern gate. (Worthington)

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