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Jeremiah 39:6

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Captive;   Homicide;   Riblah;   Zedekiah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Jerusalem;   Prisons;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Zedekiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Jeremiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Kings, the Books of;   Zedekiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Kings, the Books of;   Lamentations;   Riblah;   Zedekiah;   Zephaniah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exile;   Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Riblah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nebuzaradan;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Riblah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Rib-Lah;   Zedeki'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jeremiah (2);   Riblah;   Zedekiah (2);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Riblah;  

Contextual Overview

1In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city. 2And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year, the city was broken through. 3Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar, Nebusarsechim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer the Rab-mag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon. 4When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah. 5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him. 6There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.7Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon. 8The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they tore down the walls of Jerusalem. 9Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carried away to Babylon the remnant who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him and the rest of the people. 10But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people, who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

slew the: Jeremiah 52:10, 2 Kings 25:7

before: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 44:34, Deuteronomy 28:34, 2 Kings 22:20, 2 Chronicles 34:28, Esther 8:6, Isaiah 13:16

slew all: Jeremiah 21:7, Jeremiah 24:8-10, Jeremiah 34:19-21

Reciprocal: Numbers 34:11 - Riblah 2 Kings 23:33 - Riblah Jeremiah 20:4 - thine Jeremiah 34:3 - and thine Jeremiah 34:21 - Zedekiah Jeremiah 37:17 - thou shalt Jeremiah 38:23 - they shall Jeremiah 41:10 - even Lamentations 5:12 - General Ezekiel 11:9 - and deliver Ezekiel 11:10 - fall Ezekiel 21:26 - Remove Ezekiel 23:24 - I will set Ezekiel 24:5 - the choice Ezekiel 34:10 - and cause Zephaniah 1:8 - the princes

Cross-References

Genesis 29:17
Leah had no sparkle in her eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
Genesis 39:4
Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.
Genesis 39:8
But he refused. "Look," he said to his master's wife, "with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
Genesis 39:14
she called her household servants. "Look," she said, "this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.
Genesis 39:15
When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house."
Genesis 39:23
The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph's authority, because the LORD was with him and gave him success in whatever he did.
Genesis 43:32
They served Joseph's brothers separately from him and the Egyptians who ate with him, because Egyptians would not eat with Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.
1 Samuel 16:12
So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, "Rise and anoint him, for he is the one."
1 Samuel 17:42
When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.
Proverbs 31:11
The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will lack nothing of value.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes,.... Not with his own hands, but gave orders to do it: these must be very young, at least some of them; since Zedekiah at this time was but thirty two years of age. This must be a dreadful spectacle for him to behold; and the consideration must be cutting, that it was owing to his own obstinacy in not taking the advice of the Prophet Jeremiah to surrender to the Chaldeans, whereby he and his family would have been saved, Jeremiah 38:17;

also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah; who did not come over to the Chaldean army and surrender themselves; such who advised the king to stand out to the last, and who fled, and were taken with him; as many of them as fell into the hands of the king of Babylon. Jarchi says those were the sanhedrim, who loosed Zedekiah from his oath to Nebuchadnezzar.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal reference. The differences between the two accounts are slight.


 
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