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Jeremiah 39:6

in Jeremiah 39

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

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

KJV

Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

This verse in Jeremiah 39

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes,.... Not with his own hands, but gave orders to do it: these must be very young, at least some of them; since Zedekiah at this time was but thirty two years of age.

This site's exposition

they fled

on Jeremiah 39:4-7

Zedekiah flees “at night by way of the king’s garden,” and he is overtaken “in the plains of Jericho.” At Riblah the king of Babylon kills his sons “before his eyes,” then puts out his eyes. Ezekiel 12:13 had said he would be brought to Babylon yet not see it.

This site's exposition

slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes

John Gill notes that the sons must have been young, some very young, for Zedekiah was only thirty-two. The nobles of Judah die with them, so the king loses his heirs and his court in one day. Verse 7 makes this the last sight of his life.

The words behind it

15 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.

  • וַיִּשְׁחַט֩and he slaughtered

    vaiyishchatH7819 →81 times

  • מֶ֨לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • בָּבֶ֜לBabylon

    bavelH894 →262 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בְּנֵ֧י[the] sons of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • צִדְקִיָּ֛הוּZedekiah

    tzidkiyahuH6667 →63 times

  • בְּרִבְלָ֖הat Riblah

    berivlahH7247 →11 times

  • לְעֵינָ֑יוto eyes his

    leeinavH5869 →887 times

  • וְאֵת֙and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • חֹרֵ֣י[the] nobles of

    choreiH2715 →

  • יְהוּדָ֔הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • שָׁחַ֖טhe slaughtered

    shachatH7819 →81 times

  • מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • בָּבֶֽל׃Babylon

    bavelH894 →262 times

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

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 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…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 37:17

      Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the…

    • Habakkuk 1:6–10

      For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.

    • 2 Kings 25:5–7

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

    • Ezekiel 7:9

      I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that it is…

    • Ezekiel 17:20–21

      I 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.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 52:10

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

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 22:30

      This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or…

    • 2 Kings 25:7

      And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 28:34

    You will be driven mad by the sights you see.

    it leads to

    • Revelation 16:10–11

      And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish

Where this verse is studied

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About Jeremiah

This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.