Fall of Jerusalem July 19

The Babylonian army eventually broke through the walls in their siege against Jerusalem. An entrance may have been gained through a breach in the city wall made by battering—rams. The men of war fled. The flight was probably made down the Tyropoeon Valley, past the pool of Siloam, which was by the king's garden (Neh. 3:15), near the junction of the Hinnom and Kidron valleys. A second wall had been built to the south and southwest of the old wall for the protection of the pool of Siloam (see 2 Chron. 32:4, 5 Isa. 22:9—11), and it was probably between this wall and the old wall of Zion that the flight took place. This would lead down to the Kidron Valley and thence toward the Arabah and the Jordan. Nebuchadnezzar's army overtook the fleeing army. Zedekiah's capture by the Babylonians had been foretold (Jer. 38:23 Eze. 12:13).