Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 25:5:
- Kupsabiny: “But then the soldiers of Babylon followed king Zedekiah until they caught him in the plain of Jericho and his soldiers scattered/disbanded.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “But the Babylonian army pursued the king, and, catching up with him in the plains of Jericho, they captured him. His soldiers had left him, escaping hither and yonder.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “but those who came-from-Babilonia pursued them and they were-overtaken in the valley/plains of Jerico. All the soldiers of Zedekia separated from him,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But the Babylonian soldiers chased/ran after them. They caught the king when he was by himself in the valley near the Jordan River. He was by himself because all his soldiers had abandoned him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
