Verse 6

2 Kings 25:6

Bible in Basic English

6 And they made the king a prisoner and took him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah to be judged.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַֽ/יִּתְפְּשׂוּ֙ אֶת הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ וַ/יַּעֲל֥וּ אֹת֛/וֹ אֶל מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל רִבְלָ֑תָ/ה וַ/יְדַבְּר֥וּ אִתּ֖/וֹ מִשְׁפָּֽט

English Translation

And they seized the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they spoke with him judgment.

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Chapter 25 Context

1 Now in the ninth year of his rule, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Baby... Focus ↗

2 And the town was shut in by their forces till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. Focus ↗

3 Now on the ninth day of the fourth month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that the... Focus ↗

4 So an opening was made in the wall of the town, and all the men of war went in flight by night throu... Focus ↗

5 But the Chaldaean army went after the king, and overtook him in the lowlands of Jericho, and all his... Focus ↗

6 And they made the king a prisoner and took him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah to be judged.

7 And they put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes, and then they put out his eyes, and chai... Focus ↗

8 Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, k... Focus ↗

9 And he had the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every gr... Focus ↗

10 And the walls round Jerusalem were broken down by the Chaldaean army which was with the captain. Focus ↗

11 And the rest of the people who were still in the town, and all those who had given themselves up to... Focus ↗

12 But he let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields. Focus ↗

13 And the brass pillars in the house of the Lord, and the wheeled bases, and the great brass water-ves... Focus ↗

14 And the pots and the spades and the scissors for the lights and the spoons, and all the brass vessel... Focus ↗

15 And the fire-trays and the basins; the gold of the gold vessels and the silver of the silver vessels... Focus ↗

16 The two pillars, the great water-vessel and the wheeled bases, which Solomon had made for the house... Focus ↗

17 One of the pillars was eighteen cubits high, with a crown of brass on it; the crown was three cubits... Focus ↗

18 And the captain of the armed men took Seraiah, the chief priest, and Zephaniah, the second priest, a... Focus ↗

19 And from the town he took the unsexed servant who was over the men of war, and five of the king's ne... Focus ↗

20 These Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took with him to the king of Babylon at Riblah. Focus ↗

21 And the king of Babylon put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken away p... Focus ↗

22 As for the people who were still living in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,... Focus ↗

23 Now the captains of the armed forces, hearing that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah ruler, came... Focus ↗

24 Then Gedaliah gave his oath to them and their men, saying, Have no fear because of the servants of t... Focus ↗

25 But in the seventh month, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king's seed, ca... Focus ↗

26 Then all the people, small and great, and the captains of the forces, got up and went away to Egypt,... Focus ↗

27 And in the thirty-seventh year after Jehoiachin, king of Judah, had been taken prisoner, in the twel... Focus ↗

28 And said kind words to him, and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with... Focus ↗

29 And his prison clothing was changed, and he was a guest at the king's table every day for the rest o... Focus ↗

30 And for his food, the king gave him a regular amount every day for the rest of his life. Focus ↗

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