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

19And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king’s presence, who were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land that were found in the city: 20And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: 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. 22And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. 23And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

2 Kings 25:21 word by word

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

• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• slewמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• Riblahרִבְלָהriblâh · RiblahH7247
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• Hamathחֲמָתchămâth · HamathH2574
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• awayגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: removeH1540
• landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127

Cross-references for 2 Kings 25:21

• 2 Kings 17:20And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
• 2 Kings 23:27And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
• Leviticus 26:33And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
• Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from the land where ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall be utterly destroyed.
• Deuteronomy 28:36The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, to a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
• Jeremiah 24:9And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
• Jeremiah 25:9Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations on every side, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an horror, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
• Ezekiel 12:25For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall no more be prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.
• Ezekiel 24:14I the LORD have spoken it : it shall come to pass, and I will do it ; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD.
• Amos 5:27Therefore I will cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith 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