Riblah

First named: 2 Kings 23:33

Town Canaan Israel Divided Monarchy Exile

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A town in Syria used as a military headquarters by Egyptian and Babylonian kings. It was at Riblah that Nebuchadnezzar had King Zedekiah's sons killed before his eyes, then blinded him (2 Kings 25:6-7), and later executed a group of Judah's remaining leaders and priests, including Seraiah, brought there from captured Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:18-21).

References: 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Kings 25:6-7; 2 Kings 25:18-21

People connected to Riblah

Jehoahaz (M) — Judah's king, put in chains here by Pharaoh Neco
2 Kings 23:33
Seraiah (M) — Jerusalem's chief priest, executed here by the king of Babylon
2 Kings 25:18-21
Zedekiah (M) — Judah's last king, blinded here after his sons were killed before him
2 Kings 25:6-7

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