# 2 Kings 25:21

> 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.

— 2 Kings 25:21, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Hamath 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/hamath-1
- **Babylon 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/babylon-1
- **Riblah 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/riblah-1

## When

- 586 BC (counted from the text)
- Date source: 2 Kings 25:8 dates itself by the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar; the Babylonian Chronicles, which fix the start of his reign in 605 BC, convert the year.

## Who ruled

- **Nebuchadnezzar II**, king of Babylon, 605-562 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), which date the Battle of Carchemish and the first campaign against Judah; Berossus, cited by Josephus in Against Apion I

## See also

- Deuteronomy 28:64 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/28/64
- 2 Kings 23:27 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23/27

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25/21
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).