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Riblah

City in the Bible

Location: 34.43° N, 36.55° E (approximate; the location is disputed or uncertain)

Several places in the Bible may have this name. The verses below may mix them up.

Mentioned in 11 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.

Where Riblah is mentioned

  • 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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  • 2 Kings 25:6

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

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  • 2 Kings 25:20–21

    20 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.

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  • Ezekiel 6:14

    I will stretch out My hand against them, and wherever they live I will make the land a desolate waste, from the wilderness to Diblah. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”

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  • Jeremiah 39:5–6

    5 But 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.

    6 There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.

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  • Jeremiah 52:9–10

    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.

    10 There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.

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  • Jeremiah 52:26–27

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

    27 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.

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