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2 Kings 25:5

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Kings 25:5 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
2 Kings 25:5 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Kings 25

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
2So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
3On the ninth day of the [fourth] month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
4Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king`s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about); and [the king] went by the way of the Arabah.
5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
6Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
7And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
8Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Jeremiah Jeremiah 38:23 and Ezekiel Ezekiel 12:13 had prophesied this capture; and the latter had also prophesied the dispersion of the troops 2 Kings 25:14. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“and overtook: Isa 30:16; Jer 24:8, Jer 39:5, Jer 52:8; Amo 2:14-16 4 Kings (2 Kings) 25:6”
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