2Ki 25:4 | HCSB | STEP | Then the city was broken into , and all the warriors fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden , even though the Chaldeans surrounded the city . As the king made his way along the route to the Arabah ,

2 Kings 25:4

4 Then the city was broken into, ^a and all the warriors fled ^b by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, ^c even though the Chaldeans surrounded the city. As the king made his way along the route to the ^{▼▼Arabah: The section of the Great Rift in Palestine, extending from the Jordan Valley and the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqabah. The Hebrew word can also be translated as "plain," referring to any plain or to any part of the Arabah.}Arabah, ^e