# 2 Kings 25:4

> Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans 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,

— 2 Kings 25:4, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Chaldea** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/chaldea
- **Arabah** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/arabah

## When

- 586 BC (counted from the text)
- Date source: 2 Kings 25:8 dates itself by the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar; the Babylonian Chronicles, which fix the start of his reign in 605 BC, convert the year.

## Who ruled

- **Nebuchadnezzar II**, king of Babylon, 605-562 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), which date the Battle of Carchemish and the first campaign against Judah; Berossus, cited by Josephus in Against Apion I

## See also

- Ezekiel 33:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/33/21

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25/4
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).