Riblah: meaning of the name

Riblah in Hebrew and Greek

Places named Riblah

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Riblah in Scripture

“Riblah” appears in 11 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

• Numbers 34:11

  And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:

• 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.

• 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 25:20

  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.

• Jeremiah 39:5

  But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.

• Jeremiah 39:6

  Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

• 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.