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the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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Literal Standard Version

2 Kings 25:21

and the king of Babylon strikes them, and puts them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he removes Judah from off its land.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hamath;   Nebuzaradan (Nebuzar-Adan);   Prophecy;   Riblah;   Seraiah;   Zephaniah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Babylon;   Jerusalem;   Judah, the Tribe of;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jeremiah, the Book of;   Riblah;   Zedekiah;   Zephaniah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Egypt;   Exile;   Gedaliah;   Jeremiah;   Lamentations;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ezra;   Judah, Kingdom of;   Riblah;   Zephaniah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jehozadak;   Kings, the Books of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Babylon, History and Religion of;   Exile;   Orontes;   People of the Land;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Lamentations, Book of;   Riblah;   Seraiah;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Babylon ;   Riblah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Captivity;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Jehoz'adak;   Rib-Lah;   Zephani'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ezra;   Kings, Books of;   Seraiah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ezra the Scribe;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land.
Hebrew Names Version
The king of Bavel struck them, and put them to death at Rivlah in the land of Hamat. So Yehudah was carried away captive out of his land.
King James Version
And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
English Standard Version
And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.
New Century Version
There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them killed. So the people of Judah were led away from their country as captives.
New English Translation
The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land.
Amplified Bible
Then the king of Babylon struck them down and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath [north of Damascus]. So Judah was taken into exile from its land.
New American Standard Bible
Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land.
World English Bible
The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King of Babel smote them, & slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Iudah was caried away captiue out of his owne land.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land.
Berean Standard Bible
There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from her land.
Contemporary English Version
near Hamath, where Nebuchadnezzar had them killed. The people of Judah no longer lived in their own country.
Complete Jewish Bible
There in Rivlah, in the land of Hamat, the king of Bavel had them put to death. Thus Y'hudah was carried away captive out of his land.
Darby Translation
and the king of Babylon smote them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
George Lamsa Translation
And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Diblath in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of their land.
Good News Translation
in the territory of Hamath. There the king had them beaten and put to death. So the people of Judah were carried away from their land into exile.
Lexham English Bible
Then the king of Babylon struck them down and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath; thus Judah was removed from its land.
Literal Translation
And the king of Babylon struck them, and killed them in Riblah, in the land of Hamath; and he exiled Judah from its land.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the kynge of Babilon slewe them at Reblatha in ye londe of Hemath. Thus was Iuda caried awaye out of his awne londe.
American Standard Version
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
Bible in Basic English
And the king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken away prisoner from his land.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king of Babylon smote them, and slue them at Ribla in the lande of Hamath: And so Iuda was carryed away out of their lande.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
King James Version (1611)
And the King of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath: so Iudah was caried away out of their land.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king of Babylon smote them and slew them at Reblatha in the land of Æmath. So Juda was carried away from his land.
English Revised Version
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the kyng of Babiloyne smoot hem, and killide hem in Reblatha, in the lond of Emath; and Juda was translatid fro his lond.
Update Bible Version
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
New King James Version
Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.
New Living Translation
And there at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon had them all put to death. So the people of Judah were sent into exile from their land.
New Life Bible
Then the king of Babylon killed them. He put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken away from its land.
New Revised Standard
The king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile out of its land.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the king of Babylon smote them and slew them in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, - and thus Judah disappeared from off their own soil.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Reblatha, in the land of Emath: so Juda was carried away out of their land.
Revised Standard Version
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.
Young's Literal Translation
and the king of Babylon smiteth them, and putteth them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he removeth Judah from off its land.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was led away into exile from its land.

Contextual Overview

8And in the fifth month, on the seventh of the month (it [is] the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners, servant of the king of Babylon, has come to Jerusalem, 9and he burns the house of YHWH, and the house of the king, and all the houses of Jerusalem, indeed, he has burned every great house with fire; 10and all the forces of the Chaldeans, who [are] with the chief of the executioners, have broken down the walls of Jerusalem all around. 11And the rest of the people, those left in the city, and those falling who have fallen to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners has removed; 12and of the poor of the land the chief of the executioners has left for vinedressers and for farmers. 13And the pillars of bronze that [are] in the house of YHWH, and the bases, and the sea of bronze, that [is] in the house of YHWH, the Chaldeans have broken in pieces, and carry away their bronze to Babylon. 14And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they minister, they have taken; 15and the fire-pans, and the bowls that [are] wholly of silver, the chief of the executioners has taken. 16The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases that Solomon made for the house of YHWH, there was no weighing of the bronze of all these vessels; 17eighteen cubits [is] the height of the one pillar, and the capital on it [is] of bronze, and the height of the capital [is] three cubits, and the net and the pomegranates [are] on the capital all around—the whole [is] of bronze; and the second pillar has like these, with the net.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the king: These men were put to death as accessories to Zedekiah's rebellion; for the king of Babylon had no doubt found that they had counselled him to revolt.

So Judah: 2 Kings 17:20, 2 Kings 23:27, Leviticus 26:33-35, Deuteronomy 4:26, Deuteronomy 28:36, Deuteronomy 28:64, Jeremiah 24:9, Jeremiah 24:10, Jeremiah 25:9-11, Ezekiel 12:25-28, Ezekiel 24:14, Amos 5:27

Reciprocal: Joshua 23:13 - until ye perish 1 Kings 8:46 - unto the land 1 Kings 9:7 - will I cut 1 Chronicles 6:15 - when the Lord 1 Chronicles 13:5 - Hemath Isaiah 6:12 - the Lord Jeremiah 13:19 - Judah Jeremiah 17:4 - shalt Jeremiah 52:27 - the king Lamentations 1:3 - gone Zechariah 9:2 - Hamath

Cross-References

Genesis 11:30
And Sarai is barren—she has no child.
Genesis 16:2
and Sarai says to Abram, "Now behold, YHWH has restrained me from bearing, please go in to my handmaid; perhaps I am built up from her"; and Abram listens to the voice of Sarai.
Genesis 25:2
and she bears to him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
Genesis 25:3
And Jokshan has begotten Sheba and Dedan; and the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim;
Genesis 25:10
the field which Abraham bought from the sons of Heth—there Abraham has been buried, and his wife Sarah.
Genesis 25:12
And these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, has borne to Abraham;
Genesis 25:16
these are sons of Ishmael, and these [are] their names, by their villages, and by their towers; twelve princes according to their peoples.
Genesis 25:19
And these [are] the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham has begotten Isaac;
1 Samuel 1:2
and he has two wives, the name of the first [is] Hannah, and the name of the second Peninnah, and Peninnah has children, and Hannah has no children.
1 Samuel 1:11
and vows a vow, and says, "YHWH of Hosts, if You certainly look on the affliction of Your handmaid, and have remembered me, and do not forget Your handmaid, and have given to Your handmaid seed of men—then I have given him to YHWH all [the] days of his life, and a razor does not go up on his head."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So Judah was carried away - The kingdom of the two tribes was at an end; and the task of the historian might seem to be accomplished. He still, however, desires to notice two things:

(1) the fate of the remnant 2 Kings 25:22-26 left in the land by Nebuzaradan; and

(2) the fate of Johoiachin, who, of all those led into captivity, was the least to blame 2 Kings 25:27-30.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 25:21. The king of Babylon smote them — He had, no doubt, found that these had counselled Zedekiah to revolt.


 
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