2 Kings 25:4-7
Read 2 Kings 25 in full →4aThen the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside bthe king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And 1they went by way of the Arabah. 5But the military force of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho and all his military force was scattered from him. 6Then athey seized the king and bbrought him up to the king of Babylon at cRiblah, and they spoke their judgment on him. 7aAnd they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; then he bblinded the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon.