Bible Cross References
This was to shew that Zedekiah should escape from the city through a breach in the wall
2 Kings 25:4
And the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled at night by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden, even though the Chaldeans were encamped all around against the city. And the king went the way toward the plain.
Jeremiah 39:2-4
2
In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth of the month, the city was broken into.
3
And all the rulers of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the middle gate: Nergal- sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer, Rabmag, and all the rest of the rulers of the king of Babylon.
4
And it came to pass that when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went out from the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls. And he went out the way of the plain.