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.
When King Zedekiah and his soldiers saw the enemy forces, they completely panicked. They snuck out of the city in the middle of the night, escaping through the king's garden and slipping through a gate between two walls, then heading out toward the plains.
Even kings run when they're truly cornered, sometimes there's no fighting your way out.
📚 Historical Context
During the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem in 586 BC, King Zedekiah of Judah attempted to escape as the city was about to fall to Nebuchadnezzar's forces, marking the culmination of Judah's rebellion against Babylonian rule. This event is part of the broader biblical narrative in the Book of Jeremiah, where God's prophets warned of judgment due to the nation's persistent idolatry and disobedience to His covenant. Zedekiah's flight underscores the historical reality of divine consequences for leaders who ignored these warnings, leading to the exile of Judah.
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