Jeremiah 39:4-8
Jeremiah 39:4
And when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, they fled and left the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the gate between the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah.
Jeremiah 39:5
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they took him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence on him.
Jeremiah 39:6
Then the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slaughtered all the nobles of Judah.
Jeremiah 39:7
He then blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in shackles of bronze to bring him to Babylon.
Jeremiah 39:8
The Chaldeans also burned the king’s palace and the houses of the people with fire, and they tore down the walls of Jerusalem.