King James Version
2 Kings 25:5 in the King James Version says “And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were sc...” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
2 Kings 25:5 · KJV
And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
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.
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. gave: Heb. spake judgment with him
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. put: Heb. made blind
KJV Study — Public Domain
“pursued”
H7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
“And the army”
H2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
“of the Chaldees”
H3778a kasdite, or descendant of kesed; by implication, a chaldaean (as if so descended); also an astrologer (as if proverbial of that people
“after”
H310properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“him in the plains”
H6160a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the jordan and its continuation to the red sea
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“And the army”
H2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
“were scattered”
H6327to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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