Parallel Verses
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 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.
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 Nebuzaradan, captain of the royal guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land. 22 Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, as governor over the people whom he allowed to remain in the land of Judah.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:64
The Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone.
2 Kings 23:27
The Lord announced, "I will also spurn Judah, just as I spurned Israel. I will reject this city that I chose -- both Jerusalem and the temple, about which I said, "I will live there."
Leviticus 26:33-35
I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste.
Deuteronomy 4:26
I invoke heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will surely and swiftly be removed from the very land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not last long there because you will surely be annihilated.
Deuteronomy 28:36
The Lord will force you and your king whom you will appoint over you to go away to a people whom you and your ancestors have not known, and you will serve other gods of wood and stone there.
2 Kings 17:20
So the Lord rejected all of Israel's descendants; he humiliated them and handed them over to robbers, until he had thrown them from his presence.
Jeremiah 24:9-10
I will bring such disaster on them that all the kingdoms of the earth will be horrified. I will make them an object of reproach, a proverbial example of disaster. I will make them an object of ridicule, an example to be used in curses. That is how they will be remembered wherever I banish them.
Jeremiah 25:9-11
So I, the Lord, affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins. I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn.
Ezekiel 12:25-28
For I, the Lord, will speak. Whatever word I speak will be accomplished. It will not be delayed any longer. Indeed in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and accomplish it, declares the sovereign Lord.'"
Ezekiel 24:14
"'I the Lord have spoken; judgment is coming and I will act! I will not relent, or show pity, or be sorry! I will judge you according to your conduct and your deeds, declares the sovereign Lord.'"
Amos 5:27
and I will drive you into exile beyond Damascus," says the Lord. He is called the God who commands armies!