Then they took the king
 King Zedekiah, being left alone, excepting some few with him: and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of
 Hamath;
 which is supposed to be Antioch in Syria: where he gave judgment upon him;
 or "spake with him judgments" F18: chided and reproached him for his perfidy and ingratitude; expostulated and reasoned with him upon this subject, exposing his iniquity; and then passed sentence upon him, which was after executed; (See Gill on Jeremiah 39:5).