Study it in the app“And it happened, when Zedekiah king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, they fled and went out by night from the city by way of the garden of the king, by the gate between the two walls; and he went out by way of the Arabah.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיwhenכַּאֲשֶׁרZedekiahצִדְקִיָּהוּkingמֶלֶךְof Judahיְהוּדָהand allוְכֹלthe menאַנְשֵׁיof warהַמִּלְחָמָהsaw them,רָאָםthey fledוַיִּבְרְחוּand went outוַיֵּצְאוּby nightלַיְלָהfrom the cityמִן הָעִירby wayדֶּרֶךְof the gardenגַּןof the king,הַמֶּלֶךְby the gateבְּשַׁעַרbetweenבֵּיןthe two walls;הַחֹמֹתָיִםand he went outוַיֵּצֵאby wayדֶּרֶךְof the Arabah.הָעֲרָבָה
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsZedekiah
Zedekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is righteousness." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Chenaanah, who announced a false victory to Ahab (1 Kings 22), and the last king of Judah (2 Kings 24:17).
Where else “tsidkiyahu” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “raa” appearsflee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “yivrchu” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearsgarden
Garden: an enclosed and tended piece of land, with trees and water.
Where else “gan” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearswall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “chomotayim” appearsArabah
The valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.
Where else “arava” appears3Then all the princes of the king of Babylon came and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
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5The force of the Chaldeans pursued after them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they took him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced judgments against him.
