2 Kings 25:6 “The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylo…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

World English Bible

Then they captured the king and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they passed judgment on him.

American Standard Version

Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then they tooke the King, and caried him vp to the King of Babel to Riblah, where they gaue iudgement vpon him.

Darby Translation

And they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon unto Riblah; and they pronounced judgment upon him,

Young's Literal Translation

and they seize the king, and bring him up unto the king of Babylon, to Riblah, and they speak with him — judgment.

Bible in Basic English

And they made the king a prisoner and took him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah to be judged.

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Cross references

“they took”

2 Chronicles 33:11 Jeremiah 21:7 Jeremiah 38:23 Ezekiel 21:25–27 Jeremiah 34:21 Jeremiah 34:22

2 Chronicles 33:11 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 21:7 · BSB

‘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…

Jeremiah 38:23 · BSB

All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”

Ezekiel 21:25–27 · BSB

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

Jeremiah 34:21 · BSB

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and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.

Jeremiah 34:22 · BSB

Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inha…

“Riblah”

2 Kings 23:33 Jeremiah 52:9

2 Kings 23:33 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 52:9 · BSB

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.

Also

Jeremiah 32:4

Jeremiah 32:4 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.

7And 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.

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