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2 Kings 25:20

Nebuzar-adanBabylonRiblah

18 The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

19 Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

21 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 its own land.

22 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.

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BSB
Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
KJV
And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
WEB
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
ASV
And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
DARBY
And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah;
BLB
And Nebuzaradan captain of the guards took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
ÅB
dem tok Nebusaradan, høvdingen over livvakten, og førte til Babels konge i Ribla,
OTB
Nebusaradan, høvdingen over livvakten, førte dem til kongen av Babylon i Ribla.
B1930
dem tok Nebusaradan, høvdingen over livvakten, og førte til Babels konge i Ribla,

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Cross references

  • Lamentations 4:16

    The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.

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  • Jeremiah 52:26–27

    Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

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  • 2 Kings 23:33

    And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

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