2 Kings 25:4

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.

Cross-reference

2 Kings 25:5 continues the narrative: the army pursues and overtakes Zedekiah after the flight described here.

Leviticus 26:17 Prophetic fulfillment

Leviticus 26:17 warns that disobedience brings flight before enemies — exactly the flight from Jerusalem seen here.

Jeremiah 39:4-7 recounts the same flight and capture of Zedekiah — a parallel account of the same event.

Jeremiah 39:3 Historical context

Jeremiah 39:3 lists the Babylonian officials who entered after the breach, supplementing the narrative.

Jeremiah 39:2 is the parallel account of the wall being broken through on the same date and siege.

Jeremiah 52:7-11 gives the fuller account of the flight and capture, paralleling and expanding this verse.

Ezekiel 12:12 Prophetic fulfillment

Ezekiel 12:12 prophetically depicts the prince fleeing through a breach in the wall — this flight is the fulfillment.

Deuteronomy 32:30 Prophetic fulfillment

Deuteronomy 32:30 attributes flight to God giving up His people — this flight from Jerusalem shows that abandonment in action.

Deuteronomy 28:25 Prophetic fulfillment

Deuteronomy 28:25 promises defeat and fleeing before enemies — the breaking of Jerusalem's wall triggers that judgment.

Leviticus 26:36 Prophetic fulfillment

Leviticus 26:36 describes panic and flight even when none pursues — this flight from Jerusalem fulfills that curse.

Ezekiel 12:14 Prophetic fulfillment

Ezekiel 12:14 predicts the scattering of Zedekiah's troops — exactly what happened when the soldiers fled through the broken wall in 2 Kings 25:4.

Ezekiel 12:5 has the prophet dig through a wall as a sign — directly prefiguring the breach in Jerusalem's wall through which soldiers fled in 2 Kings 25:4.

Ezekiel 12:4 enacts a symbolic exile by bringing out belongings — a prophetic picture of the nighttime flight from Jerusalem described in 2 Kings 25:4.

Lamentations 1:15 poetically describes the trampling of Judah's warriors — the same military defeat that forced the flight through the broken wall in 2 Kings 25:4.

Micah 4:10 Prophetic fulfillment

Micah 4:10 prophesies Zion leaving the city and going to Babylon, fulfilled in the flight and exile described here.

Jeremiah 44:30 explicitly compares Pharaoh Hophra's fate to Zedekiah's delivery into Nebuchadnezzar's hands — the capture following the breach in 2 Kings 25:4.

Jeremiah 42:18 Historical context

Jeremiah 42:18 recalls God's wrath poured out on Jerusalem, the same catastrophic judgment that led to the wall being breached in 2 Kings 25:4.

Zechariah 8:19 Historical context

Zechariah 8:19 mentions the fast of the fourth month, which commemorates the breach of Jerusalem's wall — the event in this verse.

Jeremiah 38:18 Prophetic fulfillment

In Jeremiah 38:18, Jeremiah warns Zedekiah that refusing to surrender will lead to the city's fall — the exact event described in 2 Kings 25:4.

Jeremiah 34:3 Prophetic fulfillment

In Jeremiah 34:3, God tells Zedekiah he will be captured; his flight from the breached city leads to that exact outcome.

Jeremiah 32:4 Prophetic fulfillment

In Jeremiah 32:4, God predicts Zedekiah will not escape; his flight here begins the capture that fulfills that prophecy.

Jeremiah 4:9 Prophetic fulfillment

In Jeremiah 4:9, God foretells dismay of leaders; here that prophecy is fulfilled as the king flees in panic through the breach.

Isaiah 22:3 Prophetic fulfillment

In Isaiah 22:3, rulers flee and are captured; this prophecy is fulfilled as the king and soldiers flee the breached city.

Psalm 79:1 Related theme

In Psalm 79:1, the psalmist laments Jerusalem in ruins, echoing the breach and fall described here.

Jeremiah 52:6 Historical context

Jeremiah 52:6 records the famine that immediately preceded the breach, providing context for the city's collapse.

Lamentations 4:18 laments the approach of Jerusalem's end — the climactic moment when the wall was breached and escape attempted in 2 Kings 25:4.

Ezekiel 33:21 Historical context

Ezekiel 33:21 reports the news of Jerusalem's fall reaching Ezekiel, confirming the outcome of the breach.

Deuteronomy 32:25 Prophetic fulfillment

Deuteronomy 32:25 warns of sword outside and terror inside — the fall of Jerusalem brings both sword and terror as seen here.

Leviticus 26:31 Prophetic fulfillment

In Leviticus 26:31, God warns of desolate cities as covenant curse; here Jerusalem's walls are breached, fulfilling that judgment.

Jeremiah 40:7 Historical context

Jeremiah 40:7 records the aftermath of Jerusalem's fall — Gedaliah's appointment as governor — providing context for the breach and flight in 2 Kings 25:4.

In Jeremiah 4:29, widespread flight from invaders is described; this parallels the king's flight from the besieged city here.

In 2 Chronicles 32:5, Hezekiah fortifies the wall against Assyria; here the same wall is breached, contrasting human effort with divine judgment.