Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath.
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
The king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah went into exile from its land.
International Standard Version
where the king of Babylon executed them in the land of Hamath. And so Judah was transported into exile from the land.
A Conservative Version
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
American Standard Version
And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
Amplified
Then the king of Babylon struck them down and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath [north of Damascus]. So Judah was taken into exile from its land.
Bible in Basic English
And the king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken away prisoner from his land.
Darby Translation
and the king of Babylon smote them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
Julia Smith Translation
And the king of Babel will strike them and kill them in Riblah in the land of Hamath; and Judah will be carried into exile from their land.
King James 2000
And the king of Babylon struck them down, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then the king of Babylon struck them down and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath; thus Judah was removed from its land.
Modern King James verseion
And the king of Babylon struck them and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. And he exiled Judah from its land.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the king of Babylon smote them and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. And so Judah was carried away out of all their land.
NET Bible
The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land.
New Heart English Bible
The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
The Emphasized Bible
and the king of Babylon smote them and slew them in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, - and thus Judah disappeared from off their own soil.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
Youngs Literal Translation
and the king of Babylon smiteth them, and putteth them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, and he removeth Judah from off its land.
Themes
Babylon » Nebuchadnezzar king of » Took zedekiah, &c captive to babylon
The tribe of Judah » The last tribe carried into captivity
Prophecy » Miscellaneous, fulfilled » The captivity of the southern kingdom (judah,)
Riblah » Headquarters of nebuchadnezzar during the siege of jerusalem
Seraiah » Chief priest at the time of collapse of jerusalem » Killed by nebuchadnezzar
Zephaniah » A priest in the reign of zedekiah, king of judah » Taken to riblah and killed
Interlinear
Nakah
Muwth
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 25:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judah Is Taken Prisoner
20
And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
21 Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:64
"And the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
2 Kings 23:27
And the LORD said, "I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city that I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there."
Leviticus 26:33-35
And I will scatter you among the nations, and I will unsheathe the sword after you, and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long in it, but will be utterly destroyed.
Deuteronomy 28:36
"The LORD will bring you and your king whom you set over you to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known. And there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone.
2 Kings 17:20
And the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
Jeremiah 24:9-10
I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I shall drive them.
Jeremiah 25:9-11
behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the LORD, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.
Ezekiel 12:25-28
For I am the LORD; I will speak the word that I will speak, and it will be performed. It will no longer be delayed, but in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it, declares the Lord GOD."
Ezekiel 24:14
I am the LORD. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; I will not spare; I will not relent; according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord GOD."
Amos 5:27
and I will send you into exile beyond Damascus," says the LORD, whose name is the God of hosts.