KJV King James Version
And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
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Jeremiah 52:10
And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.
WEB World English Bible
The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he killed also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
ASV American Standard Version
And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the king of Babylon slaughtereth the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and also all the princes of Judah hath he slaughtered in Riblah;
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 52
7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which [was] by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans [were] by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.
8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
9 Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him.
10 And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
11 Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
12 Now in the fifth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, which [was] the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, [which] served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great [men], burned he with fire:
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וַיִּשְׁחַ֧טH7819 · sha.chatto slaughterמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428 · me.lekhkingבָּבֶ֛לH894 · ba.velBabylonאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּנֵ֥יH1121 · benson: childצִדְקִיָּ֖הוּH6667 · tsid.qiy.yahZedekiahלְעֵינָ֑יוH5869 · a.yineyeוְגַ֛םH1571 · gamalsoאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]כָּל־H3605 · kolallשָׂרֵ֥יH8269 · sarrulerיְהוּדָ֖הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahשָׁחַ֥טH7819 · sha.chatto slaughterבְּרִבְלָֽתָה׃H7247 · riv.lahRiblah
Cross-references
Jeremiah 22:30Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man [that] shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.2 Kings 25:7And 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.Ezekiel 11:7-11Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they [are] the flesh, and this [city is] the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it.Deuteronomy 28:34So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.Jeremiah 39:6-7Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.Jeremiah 52:24-27And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:Genesis 21:16And she went, and sat her down over against [him] a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against [him], and lift up her voice, and wept.Genesis 44:34For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad [be] not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.2 Kings 25:18-21And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door:Ezekiel 9:6Slay utterly old [and] young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom [is] the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which [were] before the house.
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