2 Kings 25:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

2 Kings 25:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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2 Kings 25:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“But the Chaldean army pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.”

2 Kings 25:5 — World English Bible

2 Kings 25:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. ”

2 Kings 25:5 — American Standard Version

2 Kings 25:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And the force of the Chaldeans pursue after the king, and overtake him in the plains of Jericho, and all his force have been scattered from him;”

2 Kings 25:5 — Young's Literal Translation

2 Kings 25:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. ”

2 Kings 25:5 — Darby Translation

2 Kings 25:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But the armie of the Caldees pursued after the King, and tooke him in the desertes of Iericho, and all his hoste was scattered from him.”

2 Kings 25:5 — Geneva Bible

2 Kings 25:5 in Context — 2 Kings 25

3 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.

4 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.

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.

6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

7 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.

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What Does 2 Kings 25:5 Mean?

2 Kings 25:5 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 25. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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