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Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem

2 Kings 25:6

In 11 translations

BSB
The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
KJV
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.gave…: Heb. spake judgment with him
WEB
Then they captured the king and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they passed judgment on him.
ASV
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
LSV
and they seize the king, and bring him up to the king of Babylon, to Riblah, and they speak judgment with him.
YLT
and they seize the king, and bring him up unto the king of Babylon, to Riblah, and they speak with him — judgment.
DBY
And they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon unto Riblah; and they pronounced judgment upon him,
DRC
So they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon to Reblatha, and he gave judgment upon him.
GNV
Then they tooke the King, and caried him vp to the King of Babel to Riblah, where they gaue iudgement vpon him.
JPS
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
LXXE
And they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon to Reblatha; and he gave judgment upon him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂוּ֙ אֶת־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיַּעֲל֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ אֶל־מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל רִבְלָ֑תָה וַיְדַבְּר֥וּ אִתּ֖וֹ מִשְׁפָּֽט׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ συνέλαβον τὸν βασιλέα, καὶ ἤγαγον αὐτὸν πρὸς βασιλέα Βαβυλῶνος εἰς Ῥεβλαθά· καὶ ἐλάλησε μετʼ αὐτοῦ κρίσιν.

Who and where

📍 Babylon📍 Riblah◆ Reign of Zedekiah

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • Jeremiah 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and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you. Behold, I am going to give the command,…
  • 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.
  • Lamentations 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. The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of…
  • Ezekiel 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. All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those…
  • 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 and to their enemies…
  • Jeremiah 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.
  • Ezekiel 21:25–27And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’ This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the…
  • Jeremiah 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.”
  • 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.

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