So Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
Parallel translations
- WEB Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
- KJV And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
- BSB Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
- NASB Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguards took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
- NLT Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
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Quick answer
Nebuzaradan brought these captured leaders to the king of Babylon at Riblah. The captives were delivered for judgment.
Overview
The leaders were taken to Riblah in Hamath, where Nebuchadnezzar had established his headquarters and where Zedekiah had earlier been sentenced. This setting recalls the king of Babylon as the instrument of God's judgment against Judah. The deliberate transfer to Riblah underscores that these men faced not random violence but a determined, official reckoning.
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- Jer 52:26–27Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
- 2 Kgs 23:33Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
- Lam 4:16Yahweh’s anger has scattered them; he will no more regard them: They didn’t respect the persons of the priests, they didn’t favor the elders.
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