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

"They left the city at night going out on a path in the kings'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. They are in Syria. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## pursued them and overtook ##

"followed and caught"

## passed sentence on him ##

"decided how to punish him"