So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then they captured the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they passed judgment on him.
- BSB The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
- NKJV So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him.
- NASB Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and he passed sentence on him.
- NLT They captured the king and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.
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Quick answer
Zedekiah is brought to Nebuchadnezzar at Riblah, where judgment is passed on him. The captured king faces sentence from Babylon.
Overview
Taken before the Babylonian king at Riblah, Zedekiah receives judgment for his rebellion and oath-breaking. The scene fulfills prophecies that he would be brought before the king of Babylon (Jer. 34:3). The humbling of Judah's last king before a pagan ruler signals the apparent end of the line of David, a hope God would later revive in Christ.
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- 2 Kgs 23:33And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
- Jer 34:21–22And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which are gone up from you.
- Ezek 21:25–27And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
- Jer 32:4And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;
- Jer 38:23So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
- Jer 52:9Then 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.
- Lam 4:19–20Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
- Ezek 17:20–21And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
- Jer 21:7And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
- 2 Chr 33:11Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
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