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2 Kings 25:6

BabylonRiblah

4 Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

5 but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.

The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.

7 And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

8 On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

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BSB
The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced 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.
WEB
Then they captured the king and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they passed judgment on him.
ASV
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
DARBY
And they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon unto Riblah; and they pronounced judgment upon him,
BLB
And they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him.
ÅB
Og de grep kongen og førte ham opp til Babels konge i Ribla og avsa dom over ham[^3].
OTB
Så tok de kongen og førte ham til kongen av Babylon i Ribla, hvor han ble dømt.
B1930
Og de grep kongen og førte ham op til Babels konge i Ribla og avsa dom over ham. / < fordi han hadde brutt sin ed til Babels konge, 2KR 36, 13. ESK 17, 15 fg.>

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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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  • Jeremiah 34:21–22

    And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.

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  • Ezekiel 17:20–21

    I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:11

    So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

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  • Jeremiah 21:7

    ‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’

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  • Ezekiel 21:25–27

    And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’

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  • Jeremiah 32:4

    Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.

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  • Jeremiah 52:9

    The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.

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