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2 Kings 25:6

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The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

KJV

So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

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This verse in 2 Kings 25

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
To Riblah - See 2Ki 23:33 note. A position from where Nebuchadnezzar could most conveniently superintend the operations against Tyre and Jerusalem. In the absence of the monarch, the siege of Jerusalem was conducted by a number of his officers, the chief of whom were Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, and Nergal-shar-ezer (Neriglissar), the Rab-mag Jer 39:3, Jer 39:13.

This site's exposition

they pronounced judgment on him

on 2 Kings 25:6-7

They "slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes," then "put out his eyes," an order that fulfils two prophecies. Jeremiah 32:4 said he would see the king of Babylon with his own eyes. Ezekiel 12:13 said he would be brought to Babylon and not see it.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Cyril of Jerusalem

Catechetical Lecture 2:17-19 · Written before 386.

What think you of Nebuchadnezzar? Have you not heard from Scripture that he was bloodthirsty, fierce, with the disposition of a lion? Have you not heard that he disinterred the kings? Have you not heard that he brought the people away into captivity? Have you not heard that he put the king's sons to the sword before Zedekiah's eyes and then blinded him? Have you not heard that he shattered the cherubim?

The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂוּ֙and they seized

    vaiyitpesuH8610 →65 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • וַיַּעֲל֥וּand they brought up

    vaiyaaluH5927 →890 times

  • אֹת֛וֹ<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • בָּבֶ֖לBabylon

    bavelH894 →262 times

  • רִבְלָ֑תָהRiblah towards

    rivlatahH7247 →11 times

  • וַיְדַבְּר֥וּand they spoke

    vaydaberuH1696 →1141 times

  • אִתּ֖וֹwith him

    ʾitoH854 →929 times

  • מִשְׁפָּֽט׃judgment

    mishpatH4941 →422 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

15 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

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.5 worksJeremiah 34:21–22And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.4 worksJeremiah 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.3 worksEzekiel 21:25–27And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’2 worksJeremiah 38:23All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”2 worksEzekiel 17:20–21I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.2 works
The other 9 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 33:11So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.2 worksLamentations 4:19–20Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.2 worksJeremiah 21:7‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’2 worksJeremiah 32:4Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.2 works2 Kings 20:18And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”2 worksEzekiel 21:26This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.2 worksJeremiah 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.2 worksNumbers 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.2 works2 Kings 14:13There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 38:23

    All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 41:10

      Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah—the daughters of the king along with all the others who remained in Mizpah—over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had appointed Gedaliah…

    • Jeremiah 39:6

      There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.

    • Jeremiah 38:18

      But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself…

    • Jeremiah 52:8–13

      but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.

  • Through

    2 Kings 23:33

    And 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…

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 8:65

      So at that time Solomon and all Israel with him—a great assembly of people from Lebo-hamath to the Brook of Egypt—kept the feast before the LORD our God for seven days and seven more…

    • Jeremiah 52:9–10

      The 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 39:5–6

      But 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…

    • Jeremiah 52:26–27

      Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Kings

Zedekiah's Sons Are Slaughtered before His Eyes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Zedekiah's Sons Are Slaughtered before His Eyes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lecture 2:17-19; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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