Jeremiah 52:9
in Jeremiah 52The 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.
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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 in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment upon him.
KJV
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.
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This verse in Jeremiah 52
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThen they took the king,.... King Zedekiah, being left alone, excepting some few with him: and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; which is supposed to be Antioch in Syria: where he gave judgment upon him; or "spake with him judgments" (r): chided and reproached him for his perfidy and ingratitude; expostulated and reasoned with him upon this subject, exposing his iniquity; and then passed sentence upon him, which was after executed; See Gill on Jer 39:5. (r) וידבר אתו משפטים "qui cum eo locutus est judicia", Schmidt. So Cocceius.
This site's exposition
the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king
on Jeremiah 52:8-11
Zedekiah is overtaken and judged at Riblah, where his sons are killed “before his eyes.” Then his eyes are put out, after the word of 34:3 that he would see the king of Babylon eye to eye. He is kept in custody in Babylon “until his dying day.”
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
King of Babylon to Riblah - See the note on Jer 39:5.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂוּ֙ | vaiyitpesu | and they seized | H8610 → | 65 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וַיַּעֲל֨וּ | vaiyaalu | and they brought up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֹת֜וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> him | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מֶ֧לֶךְ | melekh | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בָּבֶ֛ל | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| רִבְלָ֖תָה | rivlatah | Riblah towards | H7247 → | 11 times |
| בְּאֶ֣רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| חֲמָ֑ת | chamat | Hamath | H2574 → | 35 times |
| וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר | vaydaber | and he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אִתּ֖וֹ | ʾito | with him | H854 → | 929 times |
| מִשְׁפָּטִֽים׃ | mishpatim | judgments | H4941 → | 422 times |
וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂוּ֙and they seized
vaiyitpesuH8610 →65 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וַיַּעֲל֨וּand they brought up
vaiyaaluH5927 →890 times
אֹת֜וֹ<obj.> him
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מֶ֧לֶךְ[the] king of
melekhH4428 →2525 times
בָּבֶ֛לBabylon
bavelH894 →262 times
רִבְלָ֖תָהRiblah towards
rivlatahH7247 →11 times
בְּאֶ֣רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
חֲמָ֑תHamath
chamatH2574 →35 times
וַיְדַבֵּ֥רand he spoke
vaydaberH1696 →1141 times
אִתּ֖וֹwith him
ʾitoH854 →929 times
מִשְׁפָּטִֽים׃judgments
mishpatimH4941 →422 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
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.
it leads to
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 34:21–22
And 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.
- 2 Kings 23:33
Through
Numbers 13:21So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.
it leads to
- Numbers 33:36
They set out from Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin.
- Numbers 20:1
In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.
- Numbers 27:14
for when the congregation contended in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you rebelled against My command to show My holiness in their sight regarding the waters.” Those were the waters of Meribah in…
- Numbers 33:36
Through
Joshua 13:5the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
it leads to
- Joshua 12:7
And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir…
- 1 Kings 5:18
So Solomon’s and Hiram’s builders, along with the Gebalites, quarried the stone and prepared the timber and stone for the construction of the temple.
- Ezekiel 27:9
The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.
- Joshua 12:7
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
3 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonExileZedekiahJudah's last king, who broke his oath to Babylon against Jeremiah's word; his sons slain before his eyes at Riblah, and the city a…
- PlaceBabil Governorate (archaeological site)BabylonAncient Mesopotamian city and imperial capital; site of the Israelite exile and a recurring biblical symbol of worldly power.
- PlaceSyriaRiblahNebuchadnezzar's headquarters on the Orontes where Zedekiah was sentenced and watched his sons killed before his own eyes were put…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
