⁵ Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry the baggage through it.

¹² And the prince who is among them shall lift his baggage on his shoulder in the dark and shall go out; he^[a] shall dig through the wall and carry it through; he shall cover his face so that he may not see the land with his eyes.^(A)

²⁶ For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?

⁷ For on that day all of you shall throw away your idols of silver and idols of gold, which your hands have sinfully made for you.^(A)

⁴ Then a breach was made in the city wall;^[a] the king with all the soldiers fled^[b] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, by the King’s Garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. They went in the direction of the Arabah.^(A)

¹⁵ So they went after them as far as the Jordan; the whole way was littered with garments and equipment that the Arameans had thrown away in their haste. So the messengers returned and told the king.

⁷ So they fled away in the twilight and abandoned their tents, their horses, and their donkeys, leaving the camp just as it was, and fled for their lives.^{(A) 8} When these diseased men had come to the edge of the camp, they went into a tent, ate and drank, carried off silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. Then they came back, entered another tent, carried off things from it and went and hid them.