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2 Kings 25:6 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 25 · verse 6
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.2 Kings 25:6 · King James Version
2 Kings 25:6 in context
4And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.
5And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
6So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
7And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
8And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- judgmentmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- BabylonBâbelBabel , including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireH894 →
- RiblahRiblâhRiblah, a place in SyriaH7247 →
- tooktâphasto manipulateH8610 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
- gavedâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
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We left king Zedekiah in rebellion against the king of Babylon (Kg2 24:20), contriving and endeavouring to shake off his yoke, when he was no way able to do it, nor took the right method by making God his friend first. Now here we have an account of the fatal consequences of that attempt. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7