Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 25:4:
- Kupsabiny: “The enemy broke through one side of the wall. Even though the city was surrounded, king Zedekiah was able to escape secretly in the night with his soldiers. He/They passed alongside the garden of the king and took a path which was in between two walls and came out heading to the (broad) valley of Jordan.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “At that time, the Babylonians broke through the city wall. That very night Zedekiah and all his soldiers escaped through the gate between the two walls of the king’s garden. Even though the Babylonians had surrounded the city, they escaped towards the Jordan river valley.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, those from/of-Babilonia broke-down one part of the stone-wall of the city, so Zedekia and all his soldiers planned to flee. But because those who come-from-Babilonia surrounded the city, they waited until night-time. Then they passed-through the gateway, in the middle of two stone-walls near the garden of the king. They fled to the Valley/Plains of Jordan,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “On July 18 of that year, the Babylonian soldiers broke through part of the city wall, and that enabled them to enter the city. All the soldiers of Judah wanted to escape. But the Babylonian soldiers surrounded the city, so the king and the soldiers of Judah waited until it was nighttime. Then they fled through the gate that was between the two walls near the king’s park. They ran across the fields and started to go down to the Jordan River Valley.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
