2 Kings 25:6

6 and he was captured. He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where sentence was pronounced on him.

2 Kings 25:6 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
English Standard Version (ESV)
6 Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they passed sentence on him.
New Living Translation (NLT)
6 They captured the king and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.
The Message Bible (MSG)
6 The Babylonians took Zedekiah prisoner and marched him off to the king of Babylon at Riblah, then tried and sentenced him on the spot.
American Standard Version (ASV)
6 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
6 The Babylonians captured the king, brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and passed sentence on him.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
6 The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they passed sentence on him.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
6 The king was captured. He was taken to the king of Babylonia at Riblah. That's where Nebuchadnezzar decided how he would be punished.

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 wall was broken through, and the whole army fled at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden, though the Babylonians were surrounding the city. They fled toward the Arabah,
5 but the Babylonian army pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his soldiers were separated from him and scattered,
6 and he was captured. He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where sentence was pronounced on him.
7 They killed 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 king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard, an official of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Isaiah 22:3; Jeremiah 38:23; Jeremiah 34:21-22
  • 2. S Numbers 34:11; 2 Kings 23:33
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