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Jeremiah 52:8

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Jeremiah 52:8 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah 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 Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
Jeremiah 52:8 — American Standard Version

Context — Jeremiah 52

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
5So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
6In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
7Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city 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 they went toward the Arabah.
8But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
9Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment upon him.
10And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
11And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, etc.] Not finding him in his palace, and being informed of his flight, and which way he took: and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: (see Gill on “<243905>Jeremiah 39:5”); and all his army was scattered from him; when they saw the enemy pursuing them, and near unto them, they left him, as Josephusf1097 says, and shifted for themselves.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Jer 21:7, Jer 32:4, Jer 34:21, Jer 37:18, Jer 38:23, Jer 39:5; Isa 30:16, Isa 30:17; Lam 4:19, Lam 4:20; Eze 12:12-14, Eze 17:20, Eze 17:21; Amo 2:14, Amo 2:15, Amo 9:1-4 Jeremiah 52:9”
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