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Good News Translation

2 Kings 25:6

Zedekiah was taken to King Nebuchadnezzar, who was in the city of Riblah, and there Nebuchadnezzar passed sentence on him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Prophecy;   Riblah;   Zedekiah;   Scofield Reference Index - Kingdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Captives;   Riblah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jerusalem;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jeremiah, the Book of;   Riblah;   Zedekiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Egypt;   Exile;   Gedaliah;   Israel;   Jeremiah;   Jerusalem;   Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Lamentations;   War;   Zedekiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Riblah;   Zedekiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Babylon, History and Religion of;   Riblah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Jeremiah;   Lamentations, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Babylon ;   Riblah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Riblah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Captivity;   Riblah;   Zedekiah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Rib-Lah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Zedekiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Riblah;   Zedekiah (2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they passed sentence on him.
Hebrew Names Version
Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Bavel to Rivlah; and they gave judgment on him.
King James Version
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
English Standard Version
Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they passed sentence on him.
New Century Version
so they captured Zedekiah and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah. There he passed sentence on Zedekiah.
New English Translation
They captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where he passed sentence on him.
Amplified Bible
So they seized the king (Zedekiah) and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah [on the Orontes River], and sentence was passed on him.
New American Standard Bible
Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and he passed sentence on him.
World English Bible
Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment on him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then they tooke the King, and caried him vp to the King of Babel to Riblah, where they gaue iudgement vpon him.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then they seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they spoke their judgment on him.
Berean Standard Bible
The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
Contemporary English Version
Zedekiah was taken to Riblah, where Nebuchadnezzar put him on trial and found him guilty.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then they took the king and brought him up to the king of Bavel in Rivlah, where they passed judgment on him.
Darby Translation
And they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon unto Riblah; and they pronounced judgment upon him,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Babylonians took King Zedekiah to the king of Babylon at Riblah. The Babylonians decided to punish Zedekiah.
George Lamsa Translation
So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Diblath; and he pronounced judgment against him.
Lexham English Bible
So they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they passed sentence on him.
Literal Translation
And they seized the king and brought him to the king of Babylon, to Riblah; and they gave judgment on him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they toke the kynge, and led him vp to the kynge of Babilon vnto Reblatha. And he gaue iudgmet vpon him.
American Standard Version
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
Bible in Basic English
And they made the king a prisoner and took him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah to be judged.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So they toke the king, and brought him to [Nabuchodonosor] the king of Babylon to Ribla, where they gaue iudgement vpon him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
King James Version (1611)
So they tooke the King, and brought him vp to the King of Babylon, to Riblah, and they gaue iudgement vpon him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon to Reblatha; and he gave judgment upon him.
English Revised Version
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor thei ledden the king takun to the king of Babiloyne, in to Reblatha, which spak dom with him, `that is, with Sedechie.
Update Bible Version
Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment on him.
Webster's Bible Translation
So they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
New King James Version
So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him.
New Living Translation
They captured the king and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.
New Life Bible
The Babylonians took the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah. And Nebuchadnezzar told him how he must be punished.
New Revised Standard
Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, who passed sentence on him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So they seized the king, and brought him up unto the king of Babylon, at Riblah, - and they pronounced upon him sentence of judgment.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon, to Reblatha, and he gave judgment upon him.
Revised Standard Version
Then they captured the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, who passed sentence upon him.
Young's Literal Translation
and they seize the king, and bring him up unto the king of Babylon, to Riblah, and they speak with him -- judgment.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then they captured the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and he passed sentence on him.

Contextual Overview

1 Zedekiah rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia, and so Nebuchadnezzar came with all his army and attacked Jerusalem on the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign. They set up camp outside the city, built siege walls around it, 2 and kept it under siege until Zedekiah's eleventh year. 3 On the ninth day of the fourth month of that same year, when the famine was so bad that the people had nothing left to eat, 4 the city walls were broken through. Although the Babylonians were surrounding the city, all the soldiers escaped during the night. They left by way of the royal garden, went through the gateway connecting the two walls, and fled in the direction of the Jordan Valley. 5 But the Babylonian army pursued King Zedekiah, captured him in the plains near Jericho, and all his soldiers deserted him. 6 Zedekiah was taken to King Nebuchadnezzar, who was in the city of Riblah, and there Nebuchadnezzar passed sentence on him. 7 While Zedekiah was looking on, his sons were put to death; then Nebuchadnezzar had Zedekiah's eyes put out, placed him in chains, and took him to Babylon.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they took: 2 Chronicles 33:11, Jeremiah 21:7, Jeremiah 34:21, Jeremiah 34:22, Jeremiah 38:23, Lamentations 4:19, Lamentations 4:20, Ezekiel 17:20, Ezekiel 17:21, Ezekiel 21:25-27

Riblah: 2 Kings 23:33, Jeremiah 52:9

gave judgment upon him: Heb. spake judgment with him

Reciprocal: Numbers 34:11 - Riblah Deuteronomy 28:36 - bring thee 2 Kings 14:13 - took Amaziah 2 Kings 20:18 - thy sons Isaiah 39:7 - of thy sons Jeremiah 34:3 - and thine Jeremiah 39:5 - Riblah Ezekiel 19:12 - strong Ezekiel 21:26 - Remove Habakkuk 1:10 - scoff Zephaniah 1:8 - the princes

Cross-References

Genesis 16:3
So she gave Hagar to him to be his concubine. (This happened after Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years.)
Genesis 21:14
Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar some food and a leather bag full of water. He put the child on her back and sent her away. She left and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.
Genesis 25:1
Abraham married another woman, whose name was Keturah.
Genesis 25:2
She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Genesis 25:11
After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near "The Well of the Living One Who Sees Me."
Genesis 25:13
had the following sons, listed in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
Genesis 25:14
Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
Genesis 25:15
Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
Genesis 30:4
So she gave Bilhah to her husband, and he had intercourse with her.
Genesis 30:9
When Leah realized that she had stopped having children, she gave her slave Zilpah to Jacob as his wife.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To Riblah - See 2 Kings 23:33 note. A position from where Nebuchadnezzar could most conveniently superintend the operations against Tyre and Jerusalem. In the absence of the monarch, the siege of Jerusalem was conducted by a number of his officers, the chief of whom were Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, and Nergal-shar-ezer (Neriglissar), the Rab-mag Jeremiah 39:3, Jeremiah 39:13.


 
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