And the city was broken up, and all the men of war went forth by night, by the way of the gate between the walls, this is [the gate] of the king's garden: and the Chaldeans [were set] against the city round about: and [the king] went by the way of the plain.
Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans (note: That is, the Babylonians; also in verses 5, 6, 10, 13, 24, 25, and 26) had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah (note: Or the Jordan Valley),