# They went out at night from the city by the king's garden path

"They left the city at night going out on a path in the king's garden"

# the plains of the Jordan River valley

This is the flat land at the southern end of the valley.

# at Riblah in the land of Hamath

Riblah was a town in the territory of Hamath, which is in Syria. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# pursued them and overtook

"followed them and caught"

# passed sentence on him

"decided how to punish him"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/arabah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/chaldeans]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jordanriver]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jericho]]