Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the kings garden now the Chaldeans were against the city all around and they went toward the Arabah
सातव्या दिवशी, बाबेलचे सैन्य यरुशलेममध्ये घुसले. यरुशलेमचे सैनिक पळून गेले. त्यांनी रात्रीच्या वेळी नगर सोडले. दोन भिंतींच्या मधल्या दारातून ते पळून गेले. ते दार राजाच्या बागेजवळ होते. बाबेलच्या सैन्याने वेढा घातला असतानासुद्धा ते सैनिक वाळवंटाकडे पळाले.