Jeremiah 52:7

Then the city was broken up ,.... Either its gates were broke open, some one or other of them; or a breach was made in the walls of it, through which the Chaldean army entered:

and all the men of war fled ; the soldiers, with their officers, not being able to stand before the army of the king of Babylon:

and went forth out of the city by night ; at which time, very probably, the attack was made, and the gates of the city forced open, or the walls broke down; Josephus F16 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 8. sect. 2. Ed. Hudson. says it was taken in the middle of the night:

by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden ; See Gill on Jeremiah 39:4 ;

now the Chaldeans were by the city round about ; as part of their army entered into it, the other part surrounded it; or, however, were placed at the gates and avenues all around, that none might escape:

and they went by the way of the plain ; that is, the men of war or soldiers that fled, together with King Zedekiah, his family and princes; see Jeremiah 39:4 .