Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 52:7
Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which [was] by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans [were] by the city round about: ) and they went by the way of the plain.
7. See on Jer 39:4.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Broken up … the plain – Or, broken into … the Arabah Deu 1:1.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
7. (See on Jer39:4).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Then the city was broken up,…. Either its gates were broke open, some one or other of them; or a breach was made in the walls of it, through which the Chaldean army entered:
and all the men of war fled; the soldiers, with their officers, not being able to stand before the army of the king of Babylon:
and went forth out of the city by night; at which time, very probably, the attack was made, and the gates of the city forced open, or the walls broke down; Josephus p says it was taken in the middle of the night:
by the way of the gate between the two walls, which [was] by the king’s garden; [See comments on Jer 39:4];
now the Chaldeans [were] by the city round about; as part of their army entered into it, the other part surrounded it; or, however, were placed at the gates and avenues all around, that none might escape:
and they went by the way of the plain; that is, the men of war or soldiers that fled, together with King Zedekiah, his family and princes; see Jer 39:4.
p Antiqu. l. 10. c. 8. sect. 2. Ed. Hudson.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(7) Went forth out of the city.Omitted in 2Ki. 25:4.
They went by the way of the plain.In 2Ki. 25:4 the king (not in the Hebrew) went (verb in the singular) the way toward the plain.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Jer 52:7. And they went by the way of the plain In the parallel passage in Kings, it is, And the king went the way toward the plain.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
fled, &c. Compare 2Ki 25:4.
between the two walls . . . king’s garden. See App-68.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the city: Jer 34:2, Jer 34:3, 2Ki 25:4
all the men: Jer 39:4-7, Jer 49:26, Jer 51:32, Lev 26:17, Lev 26:36, Deu 28:25, Deu 32:30, Jos 7:8-12
Reciprocal: Psa 80:13 – The boar Isa 24:10 – city Isa 30:16 – for we will Jer 4:9 – that the heart Jer 4:29 – shall flee Jer 14:18 – go forth Jer 20:5 – I will deliver Jer 34:22 – shall fight Jer 38:18 – then Jer 39:2 – was Jer 52:4 – pitched Lam 1:6 – her princes Lam 4:18 – hunt Eze 12:4 – at even Eze 17:9 – shall he Zec 8:19 – the fourth
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
52:7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth from the city by night by the {b} way of the gate between the two walls, which [was] by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans [were] by the city on all sides:) and they went by the way of the plain.
(b) Read Jer 39:4 .
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
Shortly after that the Chaldeans broke into Jerusalem (Jer 39:2). The soldiers tried to flee by night by way of a concealed gate near the king’s garden and headed east for the Arabah (Jer 39:4-7).