⁵ the Chaldean army pursued him and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. Zedekiah’s entire army was scattered from him.^{(A) 6} The Chaldeans seized the king^(B) and brought him up to the king of Babylon^(C) at Riblah,^(D) and they passed sentence on him.

⁵ However, the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains^[a] of Jericho, arrested him, and brought him to Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon’s king, at Riblah in the land of Hamath. The king passed sentence on him there.