Place
Riblah
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Summary
Nebuchadnezzar's headquarters on the Orontes where Zedekiah was sentenced and watched his sons killed before his own eyes were put out.
- Among the passages here, Riblah is first named in Numbers 34:11: “then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain…”
- The record places Riblah in Syria.
- 11 verses name Riblah, in 3 books.
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In Scripture
- Verses
- 11
- Books
- 3
Near Riblah
Straight-line distances, computed from the gazetteer coordinates.
Where it is
the country around it
- Coordinates
- 34.4317° N, 36.5453° Eopen the Atlas →
- Region
- Syria
- Kind of place
- Town
- Located: the gazetteer fixes one site
Riblah in Scripture
11 verses name it, in 3 books
Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible.
First namedNumbers 34:11then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.Last namedJeremiah 52:27There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
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Old Testament3 books · 11 mentions
Numbers1 mention
2 Kings4 mentions
- 2 Kings 23:33And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- 2 Kings 25:6The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
- 2 Kings 25:20Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
- 2 Kings 25:21There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
Jeremiah6 mentions
- Jeremiah 39:5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.
- Jeremiah 39:6There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.
- Jeremiah 52:9The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.
- Jeremiah 52:10There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.
- Jeremiah 52:26Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
- Jeremiah 52:27There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.
Sources cited
- OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding: Riblah 1read 2026-08-20The coordinates on this page. Used under CC-BY with attribution to OpenBible.info.
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