2 Kings 25 · Verse 6

2 Kings 25:6

So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
2 Kings 25:6, King James Version

2 Kings 25:6 in other translations

BSBThe Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
WEBThen they captured the king and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they passed judgment on him.
ASVThen they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
YLTand they seize the king, and bring him up unto the king of Babylon, to Riblah, and they speak with him--judgment.
DARBYAnd they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon unto Riblah; and they pronounced judgment upon him,
BBEAnd they made the king a prisoner and took him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah to be judged.
WebsterSo they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

What does 2 Kings 25:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Kings 25:6-7
6-7. they took the king, and brought him ... to Riblah--Nebuchadnezzar, having gone from the siege to oppose the auxiliary forces of Pharaoh-hophra, left his generals to carry on the blockade, he himself not returning to the scene of action, but taking up his station at Riblah in the land of Hamath (2Ki 23:33). they gave judgment upon him--They, that is, the council (Jr 39:3, 13; Da 6:7, 8, 12), regarding him as a seditious and rebellious vassal, condemned him for violating his oath and neglecting the announcement of the divine will as made known to him by Jeremiah (compare Jr 32:5; 34:2; 38:17). His sons and the nobles who had joined in his flight were slain before his eyes (Jr 39:6; 52:10). In conformity with Eastern ideas, which consider a blind man incapable of ruling, his eyes were put out, and being put in chains, he was carried to perpetual imprisonment in Babylon (Jr 52:11), which, though he came to it, as Ezekiel had foretold, he did not see (Jr 32:5; Eze 12:13; 17:16).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Kings 25:1-7

The rest of the Jews flee into Egypt, Evil-merodach relieves the captivity of Jehoiachin. (22-30) Verses 1-7 Jerusalem was so fortified, that it could not be taken till famine rendered the besieged unable to resist. In the prophecy and Lamentations of Jeremiah, we find more of this event; here it suffices to say, that the impiety and misery of the besieged were very great. At length the city was taken by storm. The…

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2 Kings 25:6 in the original Hebrew

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וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂוּ֙vai.yit.pe.Suand they seizedH8610
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וַיַּעֲל֥וּvai.ya.'a.Luand they brought upH5927
אֹת֛וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
בָּבֶ֖לba.VelBabylonH894
רִבְלָ֑תָהriv.La.tahRiblah towardsH7247
וַיְדַבְּר֥וּvay.da.be.Ruand they spokeH1696
אִתּ֖וֹ'i.Towith himH854
מִשְׁפָּֽט\׃mish.PatjudgmentH4941

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Cross references for 2 Kings 25:6

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 34:21-22

    And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which are gone up from you. Behold, I will command, saith the Lord, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

  • Ezekiel 17:20-21

    And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.

  • 2 Chronicles 33:11

    Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

  • Jeremiah 21:7

    And afterward, saith the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

  • Ezekiel 21:25-27

    And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.

  • Jeremiah 32:4

    And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;

  • Jeremiah 52:9

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

  • Lamentations 4:19-20

    Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.

  • Jeremiah 38:23

    So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they took.
2Ch 33:11; Jer 21:7; 34:21,22; 38:23; La 4:19,20; Eze 17:20,21
Eze 21:25-27
Riblah.
23:33; Jer 52:9
gave judgment upon him. Heb. spake judgment with him.

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Context

  • 2 Kings 25:5

    And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.

  • 2 Kings 25:6

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

  • 2 Kings 25:7

    And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.

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2 Kings 25:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Tomado pues el rey, trajéronle al rey de Babilonia á Ribla, y profirieron contra él sentencia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils prirent le roi, et le firent monter vers le roi de Babylone à Ribla, et on prononça son jugement.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie ergriffen den König und führten ihn zu dem König von Babel nach Ribla hinauf; und man sprach das Urteil über ihn.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Apprehensum ergo regem duxerunt ad regem Babylonis in Reblatha: qui locutus est cum eo judicium.