KJV ORIGINAL
Then the city was broken up, 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 by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Then the city walls were breached, and all the soldiers ran for their lives. They escaped in the middle of the night through the gate between the two walls near the king's garden. The Babylonian army had the whole city surrounded, so they had to take the route toward the plains to get out.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
When the walls came down, even the warriors knew it was time to run.
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