2 Kings 14:25

14:25 He restored the border of Israel from Lebo Hamath in the north to the sea of the Arabah in the south, ¹  in accordance with the word of the Lord God of Israel announced through ²  his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher.

2 Kings 25:4

25:4 The enemy broke through the city walls, ³  and all the soldiers tried to escape. They left the city during the night. ⁴  They went through the gate between the two walls that is near the king’s garden. ⁵  (The Babylonians were all around the city.) Then they headed for the Jordan Valley. ⁶ 

[14:25]  ¹ tn The phrases “in the north” and “in the south” are added in the translation for clarification.

[14:25]  ² tn Heb “which he spoke by the hand of.”

[25:4]  ³ tn Heb “the city was breached.”

[25:4]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text is abrupt here: “And all the men of war by the night.” The translation attempts to capture the sense.

[25:4]  ⁵ sn The king’s garden is mentioned again in Neh 3:15 in conjunction with the pool of Siloam and the stairs that go down from the city of David. This would have been in the southern part of the city near the Tyropean Valley which agrees with the reference to the “two walls” which were probably the walls on the eastern and western hills.

[25:4]  ⁶ sn Heb “toward the Arabah.” The Arabah was the rift valley north and south of the Dead Sea. Here the intention was undoubtedly to escape across the Jordan to Moab or Ammon. It appears from Jer 40:14; 41:15 that the Ammonites were known to harbor fugitives from the Babylonians.