רִבְלָהRiblâh
Riblah, a place in Syria
Pronunciation: rib-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7247
Meanings
1. in land of Hamath (2 Kings 23:33; 2 Kings 25:21; Jeremiah 52:27)
2. on northeast border of land of Israel, certainly not so far north as 1, but site unknown (Numbers 34:11)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 34:11 then down to Riblah on the east side of Ain. From there the boundary will run down along the eastern edge of the Sea of Galilee,
- 2 Kings 23:33 Pharaoh Neco put Jehoahaz in prison at Riblah in the land of Hamath to prevent him from ruling in Jerusalem. He also demanded that Judah pay 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold as tribute.
- 2 Kings 25:6 They captured the king and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.
- 2 Kings 25:20 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took them all to the king of Babylon at Riblah.
- 2 Kings 25:21 And there at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon had them all put to death. So the people of Judah were sent into exile from their land.
- Jeremiah 39:5 But the Babylonian troops chased them and overtook Zedekiah on the plains of Jericho. They captured him and took him to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who was at Riblah in the land of Hamath. There the king of Babylon pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).