Parallel Verses
Amplified
So they seized the king (Zedekiah) and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah [on the Orontes River], and sentence was passed on him.
New American Standard Bible
Then
King James Version
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
Holman Bible
The Chaldeans seized the king
International Standard Version
The Chaldeans captured the king and brought him to Riblah, where the king of Babylon determined his sentence.
A Conservative Version
Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah. And they gave judgment upon him.
American Standard Version
Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
Bible in Basic English
And they made the king a prisoner and took him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah to be judged.
Darby Translation
And they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon unto Riblah; and they pronounced judgment upon him,
Julia Smith Translation
And they will seize the king and bring him up to the king of Babel to Riblah; and they will speak judgment with him.
King James 2000
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they pronounced judgment upon him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and {they passed sentence on him}.
Modern King James verseion
And they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon, to Riblah. And they gave judgment on him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when they had taken him, they brought him to Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon to Riblah, where they reasoned with him.
NET Bible
They captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where he passed sentence on him.
New Heart English Bible
Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment on him.
The Emphasized Bible
So they seized the king, and brought him up unto the king of Babylon, at Riblah, - and they pronounced upon him sentence of judgment.
Webster
So they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
World English Bible
Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment on him.
Youngs Literal Translation
and they seize the king, and bring him up unto the king of Babylon, to Riblah, and they speak with him -- judgment.
Themes
Jerusalem » Captured and pillaged by » Nebuchadnezzar, king of babylon
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Zedekiah
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » Captivity of the jews predicted and fulfilled
Riblah » Headquarters of nebuchadnezzar during the siege of jerusalem
Interlinear
`alah
Dabar
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 25:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Final Invasion Of Nebuchadnezzar
5
The army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. Then his entire army was dispersed from him.
6 So they seized the king (Zedekiah) and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah [on the Orontes River], and sentence was passed on him.
7
They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him [hand and foot] with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon.
Cross References
2 Kings 23:33
Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Jeremiah 34:21-22
Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes I will place into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon which has withdrawn from you.
2 Chronicles 33:11
So the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks [through his nose or cheeks] and bound him with bronze [chains] and took him to Babylon.
Jeremiah 21:7
Then afterward,” says the Lord, “I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people in this city who survive the virulent disease, the sword, and the famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemy, into the hand of those who seek their lives. And he will strike them with the edge of the sword; he will not spare them nor have mercy and compassion on them.”’
Jeremiah 32:4
and Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hand of the
Jeremiah 38:23
Also, all your wives and your children will be brought out to the Chaldeans; and you yourself will not escape from their hand, but you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city [Jerusalem] will be burned down with fire.’”
Jeremiah 52:9
Then they seized the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the [Syrian] land of Hamath [on the northern border of Israel], where he pronounced sentence on him.
Lamentations 4:19-20
Our pursuers were swifter
Than the eagles of the sky;
They pursued us on the mountains,
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 17:20-21
I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare; and I will bring him to Babylon and will enter into judgment with him there for his treason which he has committed against Me.
Ezekiel 21:25-27
And you, O dishonored and wicked one [Zedekiah], the prince of Israel, whose day has come, whose time of final punishment is here,’