Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Kings 25:5
And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
5. And [R.V. But ] the army of the Chaldees ] R.V. Chaldeans. This change in the name of the people of Babylon is made in every place through the chapter. As the troops were all round the city there was very little chance for the king to get away. In his flight he was making for the Jordan, thinking pursuit to be more difficult in the mountainous region on the east of the river. But he was overtaken in the plains of Jericho, before the river was reached.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Jeremiah Jer 38:23 and Ezekiel Eze 12:13 had prophesied this capture; and the latter had also prophesied the dispersion of the troops 2Ki 25:14.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 5. The army of the Chaldeans pursued] Zedekiah was taken, and brought captive to Riblah in Syria, where Nebuchadnezzar then lay, who ordered his sons to be slain before his face, and then put out his eyes; and having loaded him with chains, sent him to Babylon, (see Jer 39:4; Jer 39:7; Jer 52:7; Jer 52:11), thus fulfilling the prophetic declarations, that his eyes should see the eyes of the king of Babylon, Jer 32:4-3; but Babylon he should not see, though he was to die there; Eze 12:13.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
[See comments on 2Ki 25:1]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(5) In the plains of Jericho.In the neighbour. hood of Jericho, the Arabah expands to the breadth of eleven or twelve miles. The part west of Jordan was called the plains (Arbth plural of Arabah) of Jericho; and that which lay east of the river was known as the plains of Moab (Jos. 4:13; Num. 22:1). The depression between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Akaba still bears the old name of the Arabah; between the Dead Sea and the Lake of Tiberias it is called the Ghor.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
5. All his army were scattered When they discovered that they were pursued, the servants and followers of Zedekiah probably forsook him, and fled in various directions, leaving him quite alone. Josephus says, the king was accompanied in his flight by his wives and children, and these probably clung to him to the last.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Ki 25:5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
Ver. 5. And the army of the Chaldees pursued. ] Insequuti sunt regem, et assecuti sunt eum.
And all his army was scattered from him.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
and overtook: Isa 30:16, Jer 24:8, Jer 39:5, Jer 52:8, Amo 2:14-16
Reciprocal: Jos 4:13 – to the plains 2Ki 25:4 – and the king Jer 21:7 – I will Jer 34:3 – And thou Lam 4:18 – hunt Eze 12:13 – and I Eze 12:14 – I will scatter Eze 17:21 – all his fugitives Eze 19:1 – the princes
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 25:5. The army of the Chaldees pursued after the king Intelligence was soon given of his flight, and which way he was gone, so that they soon overtook him. And all his army His guards; were scattered from him Every man shifting for his safety. Had he made his peace with God, and put himself under his protection, he would not have failed him now. It seems to have been the design of the king, and of those with him, to escape into Egypt through Arabia Deserta.