Jeremiah 39:4

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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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Zedekiah	צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ tzid.ki.Ya.hu	H6667	Tsidkijah · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֜ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
saw	רָ֠אָם Ra.'om	H7200	to see · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
men	אַנְשֵׁ֣י 'an.Shei	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · noun, common masculine plural construct
war	הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה ha.mil.cha.Mah	H4421	a battle (i.e. the engagement) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
fled	וַֽ֠יִּבְרְחוּ Vai.yiv.re.chu	H1272	to bolt · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
forth	וַיֵּצְא֨וּ vai.ye.tze.'U	H3318	to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
city	הָעִיר֙ ha.'Ir	H5892	a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the wi… · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
night	לַ֤יְלָה Lay.lah	H3915	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
way	דֶּ֚רֶךְ De.rekh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common both genders singular construct
king’s	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
garden	גַּ֣ן gan	H1588	a garden (as fenced) · noun, common both genders singular construct
gate	בְּשַׁ֖עַר be.Sha.'ar	H8179	an opening · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
walls	הַחֹמֹתָ֑יִם ha.cho.mo.Ta.yim	H2346	a wall of protection · definite article + noun, common feminine dual absolute
out	וַיֵּצֵ֖א vai.ye.Tze'	H3318	to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
way	דֶּ֥רֶךְ De.rekh	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common both genders singular construct
plain	הָעֲרָבָֽה ha.'a.ra.Vah	H6160	a desert · definite article + proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 32:5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repai…
Amos 2:14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
Leviticus 26:17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee wh…
Leviticus 26:36 And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken…
Deuteronomy 28:25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and s…
Deuteronomy 32:24-30 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them…
2 Kings 25:4-7 And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (n…
Isaiah 30:15-16 For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your s…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 39:1-10

We were told, in the close of the foregoing chapter, that Jeremiah abode patiently in the court of the prison, until the day that Jerusalem was taken. He gave the princes no further disturbance by his prophesying, nor they him by their persecutions; for he had no more to say than what he had said, and, the siege being carried on briskly, God found them other work to do. See here what it came to. I. The city is at length taken by storm; for how could it hold out when God himself fought against it? Nebuchadnezzar's army sat down before it in the ninth year of Zedekiah, in the tenth month (Jer 39:1), in the depth of winter. Nebuchadnezzar himself soon after retired to take his pleasure, and lef…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 39:4

the king's garden--The "gate" to it from the upper, city above was appropriated to the kings alone; stairs" led down from Mount Zion and the palace to the king's garden below (Neh 3:15). two walls--Zedekiah might have held the upper city longer, but want of provisions drove him to flee by the double wall south of Zion, towards the plains of Jericho (Jer 39:5), in order to escape beyond Jordan to Arabia-Deserta. He broke an opening in the wall to get out (Eze 12:12).

John Gill on Jeremiah 39:4

And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war,.... That is, when Zedekiah and his soldiers saw the princes and generals of the Chaldean army enter the city through a breach made in the wall, and take possession of the middle gate; which they might see from some high tower where they were for safety, and to make their observation of the enemy: then they fled; finding they were not able to keep their posts and resist the enemy: and went forth out of the city by night; it being the middle of the night, as before observed out of Josephus, that the city was taken; and they took the advantage of the darkness of the night to make their escape: this the…

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John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Kings, The Books of — The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division into two books was first made by the LXX., which now, with the Vulgate, numbers them as the third…
Zedekiah — Righteousness of Jehovah. (1.) The last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah, and his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and hence he was the brother of Jehoahaz…
Jerusalem · Walls of — Walls of
Zedekiah · to Babylon, blinds his eyes, kills his — to Babylon, blinds his eyes, kills his

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Jeremiah 39:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 39:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 39:4

John Gill on Jeremiah 39:4

John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 39:4

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 39:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 39:4

John Gill on Jeremiah 39:4

John Calvin

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 39:1-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 39:4

Rashi on Jeremiah 39:4