2 Kings 25:6

6 Then 1they captured the king and 2brought him to the king of Babylon at 3Riblah, and he passed sentence on him.

2 Kings 25:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 25:6

(See Gill on 2 Kings 25:1)

2 Kings 25:6 In-Context

4 Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside the king's garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And they went by way of 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 scattered from him.
6 Then they captured the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and he passed sentence on him.
7 They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon.
8 Now on the seventh day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

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Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "they spoke judgment with him"
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