Jeremiah 39:6

Then 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.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
king	מֶ֨לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Babylon	בָּבֶ֜ל ba.Vel	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name
slew	וַיִּשְׁחַט֩ vai.yish.Chat	H7819	to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
sons	בְּנֵ֧י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Zedekiah	צִדְקִיָּ֛הוּ tzid.ki.Ya.hu	H6667	Tsidkijah · proper noun, a man's name
Riblah	בְּרִבְלָ֖ה be.riv.Lah	H7247	Riblah · preposition + proper noun, a place name
eyes	לְעֵינָ֑יו le.'ei.Nav	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
king	מֶ֥לֶךְ Me.lekh	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Babylon	בָּבֶֽל ba.Vel	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name
slew	שָׁחַ֖ט sha.Chat	H7819	to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
nobles	חֹרֵ֣י cho.Rei	H2715	properly · noun, common masculine plural construct
Judah	יְהוּדָ֔ה ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

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.
Deuteronomy 28:34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
2 Kings 25:7 And 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 t…
Jeremiah 21:7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city fr…
Jeremiah 24:8-10 And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and hi…
Jeremiah 34:19-21 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the p…
Genesis 21:16 And 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. A…
Genesis 44:34 For 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.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 39:1-10

We were told, in the close of the foregoing chapter, that Jeremiah abode patiently in the court of the prison, until the day that Jerusalem was taken. He gave the princes no further disturbance by his prophesying, nor they him by their persecutions; for he had no more to say than what he had said, and, the siege being carried on briskly, God found them other work to do. See here what it came to. I. The city is at length taken by storm; for how could it hold out when God himself fought against it? Nebuchadnezzar's army sat down before it in the ninth year of Zedekiah, in the tenth month (Jer 39:1), in the depth of winter. Nebuchadnezzar himself soon after retired to take his pleasure, and lef…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 39:6

slew . . . sons . . . before his eyes--previous to his eyes being "put out" (Jer 39:7); literally, "dug out." The Assyrian sculptures depict the delight with which the kings struck out, often with their own hands, the eyes of captive princes. This passage reconciles Jer 32:4, "his eyes shall behold his eyes"; with Eze 12:13, "he shall not see Babylon, though he shall die there." slew all . . . nobles-- (Jer 27:20).

John Gill on Jeremiah 39:6

Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes,.... Not with his own hands, but gave orders to do it: these must be very young, at least some of them; since Zedekiah at this time was but thirty two years of age. This must be a dreadful spectacle for him to behold; and the consideration must be cutting, that it was owing to his own obstinacy in not taking the advice of the Prophet Jeremiah to surrender to the Chaldeans, whereby he and his family would have been saved, Jeremiah 38:17; also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah; who did not come over to the Chaldean army and surrender themselves; such who advised the king to stand out to the last, and w…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 39:6

Dictionary and topics

Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Kings, The Books of — The two books of Kings formed originally but one book in the Hebrew Scriptures. The present division into two books was first made by the LXX., which now, with the Vulgate, numbers them as the third…
Riblah — Fruitful, an ancient town on the northern frontier of Palestine, 35 miles north-east of Baalbec, and 10 or 12 south of Lake Homs, on the eastern bank of the Orontes, in a wide and fertile plain. Here…
Zedekiah — Righteousness of Jehovah. (1.) The last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah, and his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and hence he was the brother of Jehoahaz…
Captive · .Putting to — .Putting to
Jerusalem · Calamities of, mentioned: Taken and burned by Nebuchadnezzar — Calamities of, mentioned: Taken and burned by Nebuchadnezzar
Prisons · Persons confined in: Often placed in dungeons — Persons confined in: Often placed in dungeons
Riblah · Headquarters of Nebuchadnezzar during the siege of — Headquarters of Nebuchadnezzar during the siege of
Zedekiah · to Babylon, blinds his eyes, kills his — to Babylon, blinds his eyes, kills his

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Jeremiah 39:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 39:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 39:6

John Gill on Jeremiah 39:6

John Calvin on Jeremiah 39:6

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 39:6

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 39:1-10

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 39:6

John Gill on Jeremiah 39:6

John Calvin on Jeremiah 39:6

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 39:1-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 39:6

Rashi on Jeremiah 39:6