They captured the king and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.
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- WEB Then they captured the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they passed 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.
- 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.
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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 23:33Pharaoh 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.
- Jer 34:21–22“I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes into the hands of their enemies, into the hands of those who seek their life, and into the hands of the king of Babylon’s army, who has gone away from you.
- Ezek 21:25–27“‘You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the 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 see his eyes;
- Jer 38:23They will bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans. You won’t escape out of their hand, but will be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. You will cause this city to be burned with fire.’”
- Jer 52:9Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment on him.
- Lam 4:19–20Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
- Ezek 17:20–21I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.
- Jer 21:7Afterward,” says Yahweh, “I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life. He will strike them with the edge of the sword. He will not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.”’
- 2 Chr 33:11Therefore Yahweh brought on them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
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