Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed. So Judah went into captivity, away from her 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. 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. 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 its own land. King James Bible 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 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. NASB 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. NASB 1977 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. 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. 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. 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. Holman 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. 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. Contemporary English Version near Hamath, where Nebuchadnezzar had them killed. Most of the people of Judah had been carried away as captives from their own country. 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation The king of Babylon executed them at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So the people of Judah were captives when they left 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. International Standard Version where the king of Babylon executed them in the land of Hamath. And so Judah was transported into exile from the land. Majority 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 its own land. NET Bible The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land. New Heart 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. 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. World English Bible The king of Babylon attacked them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand 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. 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. Smith's Literal Translation And the king of Babel will strike them and kill them in Riblah in the land of Hamath; and Judah will be carried into exile from their land. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd 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. Catholic Public Domain Version And the king of Babylon struck them and killed them at Riblah, in the land of Hamath. And Judah was taken away from his land. New American Bible the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath. And thus Judah went into exile from their native soil. New Revised Standard Version 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. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd 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. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the King of Babel struck them and he killed them in Deblath, in the land of Khamath, and he led Yehuda captive from his land. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And 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. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the king of Babylon smote them and slew them at Reblatha in the land of Aemath. So Juda was carried away from his land. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Captives Carried to Babylon…20Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21There 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. Cross References Jeremiah 52:27 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. Jeremiah 39:6-7 There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah. / Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon. 2 Chronicles 36:17-20 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, / who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials. / Then the Chaldeans set fire to the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned down all the palaces and destroyed every article of value. ... Lamentations 2:9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD. Ezekiel 12:13 But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die. Jeremiah 25:9-11 behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation. / Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp. / And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years. Daniel 1:1-2 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. / And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god. Jeremiah 34:2-3 The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down. / And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon. Ezekiel 21:25-27 And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’ / This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted. / A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’ Jeremiah 32:3-5 For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it. / 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. / He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’” 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.’ Jeremiah 38:18 But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’” Ezekiel 17:12-21 “Now say to this rebellious house: ‘Do you not know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, carried off its king and officials, and brought them back with him to Babylon. / He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land, / so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant. ... Matthew 24:2 “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” Luke 21:24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. Treasury of Scripture 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. the king. So Judah. 2 Kings 17:20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. 2 Kings 23:27 And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. Leviticus 26:33-35 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste… Jump to Previous Babylon Captive Captivity Carried Death Executed Exile Hamath Judah Led Prisoner Putteth Removeth Riblah Slew Smiteth Smote StruckJump to Next Babylon Captive Captivity Carried Death Executed Exile Hamath Judah Led Prisoner Putteth Removeth Riblah Slew Smiteth Smote Struck2 Kings 25 1. Jerusalem is besieged.4. Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, his eyes put out. 8. Nebuzaradan defaces the city, exiles the remnant, except a few poor laborers; 13. and carries away the treasures. 18. The nobles are slain at Riblah. 22. Gedaliah, who was over those who remained, being slain, the rest flee into Egypt. 27. Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin in his court. Then the king of Babylon This phrase refers to Nebuchadnezzar II, the powerful ruler of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Historically, Nebuchadnezzar is known for his military conquests and the expansion of his empire. The Hebrew root for "king" (מֶלֶךְ, melek) signifies a ruler with authority and power, emphasizing Nebuchadnezzar's dominance over the region. His actions were part of God's judgment on Judah for their disobedience, as prophesied by Jeremiah and other prophets. struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath So Judah went into exile away from her land So Judah was carried away . . .--This sentence evidently concludes the whole account of the destruction of Jerusalem and the deportation of the people (comp. 2Kings 17:23; Jeremiah 52:27); and not merely that of the proceedings of Nebuzaradan. The prophecy of Obadiah refers to the heartless behaviour of the Edomites on occasion of the ruin of Judah. (Comp. Psalms 137; Lamentations 4:21-22.) Verse 21. - And the King of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Severities of this kind characterized all ancient warfare. The Assyrian sculptures show us prisoners of war impaled on crosses, beheaded, beaten on the head with maces, and sometimes extended on the ground and flayed. The inscriptions speak of hundreds as thus executed, and mention others as burnt in furnaces, or thrown to wild beasts, or cruelly mutilated. Herodotus says (3. 159) that Darius Hystaspis crucified three thousand prisoners round about Babylon after one of its revolts. That monarch himself, in the Behistun inscription, speaks of many cases where, after capturing rebel chiefs in the field or behind walls, he executed them and their principal adherents (see Colossians 2. Par. 13; Colossians 3. Par. 8, 11). If Nebuchadnezzar contented himself with the execution of between seventy and eighty of the rebel inhabitants of Jerusa-lee, he cannot be charged with cruelty, or extreme severity, according to the notions of the time. So Judah was carried away out of their land. Jeremiah adds an estimate of the number carried off. These were, he says (Jeremiah 52:28-30), in the captivity of the seventh (query, seventeenth?) year, 3023; in the captivity of the eighteenth year, 832; and in that of the twenty-third, five years later, 745, making a total of 4600. If we suppose these persons to be men, and multiply by four for the women and children, the entire number will still be no more than 18,400.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew There at Riblahבְּרִבְלָ֖ה (bə·riḇ·lāh) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 7247: Riblah -- a city in Hamath, also one on southeast border of Israel in the land בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land of Hamath, חֲמָ֑ת (ḥă·māṯ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 2574: Hamath -- a place North of Damascus the king מֶ֨לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4428: A king of Babylon בָּבֶ֧ל (bā·ḇel) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city struck וַיַּ֣ךְ (way·yaḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5221: To strike them {down} אֹתָם֩ (’ō·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case and put them to death. וַיְמִיתֵ֛ם (way·mî·ṯêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 4191: To die, to kill So Judah יְהוּדָ֖ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites was taken into exile, וַיִּ֥גֶל (way·yi·ḡel) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1540: To denude, to exile, to reveal away from מֵעַ֥ל (mê·‘al) Preposition-m Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against her land. אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃ (’aḏ·mā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 127: Ground, land Links 2 Kings 25:21 NIV2 Kings 25:21 NLT 2 Kings 25:21 ESV 2 Kings 25:21 NASB 2 Kings 25:21 KJV 2 Kings 25:21 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 25:21 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 25:21 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 25:21 French Bible 2 Kings 25:21 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 25:21 The king of Babylon struck them (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |
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