2 Kings 25:21

2 Kings 25:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)There at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king had them executed. So Judah went into captivity, away from her land.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.

Context of 2 Kings 25:21

19Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city. 20Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land. 22Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah. 23When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.

2 Kings 25:21 word by word

וַיַּ֣ךְ אֹתָם֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ בָּבֶ֧ל וַיְמִיתֵ֛ם בְּרִבְלָ֖ה בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חֲמָ֑ת וַיִּ֥גֶל יְהוּדָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• There at Riblahרִבְלָהriblâh · RiblahH7247
• in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Hamathחֲמָתchămâth · HamathH2574
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• struck themנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• downאֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• and put them to deathמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• So Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• was taken into exileגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: removeH1540
• away fromעַל‛al · uponH5921
• its own landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127

Cross-references for 2 Kings 25:21

• 2 Kings 17:20So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
• 2 Kings 23:27For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”
• Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
• Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
• Deuteronomy 28:36The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
• Jeremiah 24:9I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
• Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
• Ezekiel 12:25because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”
• Ezekiel 24:14I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
• Amos 5:27Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.

Commentaries on 2 Kings 25:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21The king of Babylon smote them - He had, no doubt, found that these had counselled Zedekiah to revolt.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21So Judah was carried away - The kingdom of the two tribes was at an end; and the task of the historian might seem to be accomplished. He still, however, desires to notice two things: (1) the fate of the remnant 2 Kings 25:22-26 left in the land by Nebuzaradan; and (2) the fate of Johoiachin, who, of all those led into captivity, was the least to blame 2 Kings 25:27-30.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-21Verses 8-21 The city and temple were burnt, and, it is probable, the ark in it. By this, God showed how little he cares for the outward pomp of his worship, when the life and power of religion are neglected. The walls of Jerusalem were thrown down, and the people carried captive to Babylon. The vessels of the temple were carried away. When the things signified were sinned away, what should the signs stand there for? It was righteous with God to deprive…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21The people of Judah were exiled from their land. Like the northern kingdom before them, Judah was exiled as punishment for breaking their covenant. A small group later returned to the promised land in 538 BC (2 Chronicles 36:22–23; Ezra 1:1–2:20; see also 2 Chronicles 36:15–21; Jeremiah 25:11; 29:10; Daniel 9:2).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 25:21

• Hamath
• Nebuzaradan (Nebuzar-Adan)
• Prophecy
• Riblah
• Seraiah
• Zephaniah

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Hamath
• Judah
• Chaldees
• Ezra
• Fast
• Jerusalem
• Judah, Kingdom of
• Kings, The Books of
• Rate

Commentaries on 2 Kings 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings