Jeremiah 39:5

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Summary

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.

Chaldeans'

Lamentations 4:20

In the plains

Jeremiah 52:8

Joshua 4:13

Joshua 5:10

Hamath

2 Kings 17:24

Gave judgment upon him

Jeremiah 4:12

Ezekiel 17:15

General references

Jeremiah 32:4

Jeremiah 52:8

Bible References

Chaldeans'

As for Zedekiah the king of Judah, he shall not be able to escape the Chaldeans, but surely he shall come into the hands of the king of Babylon: which shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and one of them shall look another in the face.

But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans which shall set fire upon it, and thou shalt not be able to escape them."

Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the Captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh in a hold and bound him with chains and carried him to Babylon.

{Gimel} Judah is taken prisoner, because she was defiled: and for serving so many strange gods, she dwelleth now among the heathen. She findeth no rest: all they that persecuted her, took her in strait places where she could not escape.

{Res} The very breath of our mouth, even the anointed LORD himself, shall be taken in our sins; of whom we say, "Under his shadow we shall be preserved among the Heathen."

In the plains

And so the Chaldeans followed upon them, and took Zedekiah the king in the field of Jericho, when his host was run from him.

About forty thousand, trimmed for war, went before the LORD unto battle; even unto the wild fields of Jericho.

And the children of Israel pitched their tents in Gilgal, and held the feast of Passover the fourteenth day of the month, at even, in the fields of Jericho.

Hamath

And they went up and searched out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men go to Hamath,

And the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon toward the sun rising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon until thou come to Hamath,

he left the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Cananites, the Sidonians, the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon: even from mount Baalhermon unto Hamath.

When Toi, king of Hamath, had heard how David had discomforted all the host of Hadadezer,

And the king of Assyria brought from Babylon and from Cuthah, and from Avva and from Hamath and from Sepharvaim, and put them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel. And they possessed Samaria and dwelt in the cities thereof.

Gave judgment upon him

After that shall there come unto me a strong wind, and then will I also give sentence upon them."

But he fell from him, and sent his Ambassadors into Egypt that he might have horses and much people. Should that prosper? Should he be kept safe, that doth such things? Or should he escape, that breaketh his covenant?

General references

And so the Chaldeans followed upon them, and took Zedekiah the king in the field of Jericho, when his host was run from him.