2 Kings 25:20
And Nebuzar–adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
2 Kings 25:20 in other translations
| BSB | Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. |
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| WEB | Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. |
| ASV | And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. |
| YLT | and Nebuzaradan chief of the executioners taketh them, and causeth them to go unto the king of Babylon, to Libnah, |
| DARBY | And Nebuzar-adan the captain of the body-guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah; |
| BBE | These Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took with him to the king of Babylon at Riblah. |
| Webster | And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: |
What does 2 Kings 25:20 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 25:8-21
The city and temple were burnt, and, it is probable, the ark in it. By this, God showed how little he cares for the outward pomp of his worship, when the life and power of religion are neglected. The walls of Jerusalem were thrown down, and the people carried captive to Babylon. The vessels of the temple were carried away. When the things signified were sinned away, what should the signs stand there for? It was…
2 Kings 25:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Kings 25:20
- Lamentations 4:16
The anger of the Lord hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders.
- Jeremiah 52:26-27
So Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land.
- 2 Kings 23:33
And Pharaoh–nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
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Context
- 2 Kings 25:19
And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
- 2 Kings 25:20
And Nebuzar–adan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah:
- 2 Kings 25:21
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.
2 Kings 25:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Estos tomó Nabuzaradán, capitán de los de la guardia, y llevólos á Ribla al rey de Babilonia. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Nebuzaradan, chef des gardes, les prit et les mena vers le roi de Babylone à Ribla. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Nebusaradan, der Oberste der Trabanten, nahm sie und brachte sie zu dem König von Babel nach Ribla. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quos tollens Nabuzardan princeps militum, duxit ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha. |