Riblah (in the land of Hamath)
립나 (하맛 땅)
Named at 2 Kings 23:31–33, where Jehoahaz reigns three months in Jerusalem, and Pharaoh Necoh puts him in bonds “at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem”. At 25:5–6 the Chaldean army pursues the king and overtakes him in the plains of Jericho, and they capture him and carry him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah, and pass judgment on him; at 25:20–21 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard brings those he took to the king of Babylon to Riblah, and the king of Babylon puts them to death “at Riblah in the land of Hamath.” The Korean Revised Version reads 립나, WEB Riblah. The Korean also writes 립나 at 23:31 (립나 예레미야의 딸), where WEB reads “the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah”.
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- 2KI 23:31–33, engwebp
31Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
32He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.
33Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- 2KI 25:4–7, engwebp
4Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city around it); and the king went by the way of the Arabah.
5But the Chaldean army pursued the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
6Then they captured the king and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they passed judgment on him.
7They killed Zedekiah’s sons before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
- 2KI 25:18–21, engwebp
18The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold;
19and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.
20Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
21The king of Babylon attacked them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
- JER 39:4–7, engwebp
4When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled and went out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah.
5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. When they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment on him.
6Then the king of Babylon killed Zedekiah’s sons in Riblah before his eyes. The king of Babylon also killed all the nobles of Judah.
7Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
- JER 52:6–11, engwebp
6In the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was severe in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.
7Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled, and went 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 against the city all around. The men of war went toward the Arabah,
8but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
9Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment on him.
10The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. He also killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
11He put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.
- JER 52:24–27, engwebp
24The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold,
25and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and seven men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the middle of the city.
26Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
27The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
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Unresolved interpretation: Riblah in the land of Hamath at 2 Kings 23:33 (the Korean 립나), the Riblah of Numbers 34:11, and Libnah
- Numbers 34:10–11 marks out the east border: “The border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain.”
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- NUM 34:10–12, engwebp
10“‘You shall mark out your east border from Hazar Enan to Shepham.
11The border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain. The border shall go down, and shall reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward.
12The border shall go down to the Jordan, and end at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders around it.’”
- NUM 34:10–12, engwebp
- Joshua 10:29 says, “Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.”
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- JOS 10:29–30, engwebp
29Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
30The LORD delivered it also, with its king, into the hand of Israel. He struck it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining in it. He did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.
- JOS 10:29–30, engwebp
- 2 Kings 23:31 calls Jehoahaz’s mother “Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah”, and 23:33 says of Jehoahaz, “Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem”. The Korean Revised Version writes 립나 in both verses (립나 예레미야의 딸; 하맛 땅 립나).
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- 2KI 23:31–33, engwebp
31Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
32He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his fathers had done.
33Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- 2KI 23:31–33, engwebp
- 2 Kings 25:20–21 says, “Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. The king of Babylon attacked them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath.” The Korean Revised Version writes 립나 for Riblah in both verses.
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- 2KI 25:18–21, engwebp
18The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold;
19and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.
20Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
21The king of Babylon attacked them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
- 2KI 25:18–21, engwebp
Numbers 34:11 says that the east border goes down from Shepham to Riblah, and Joshua 10:29 that Joshua passed from Makkedah to Libnah, and fought against Libnah. 2 Kings 23:33 and 25:21 name a place in the land of Hamath, which the Korean Revised Version writes 립나 and WEB Riblah. In the same passage, 23:31–33, the Korean Revised Version writes 립나 also in 립나 예레미야, which names Hamutal’s father and which WEB reads “Jeremiah of Libnah”; at Numbers 34:11 it writes 리블라. The text does not say whether this place in the land of Hamath is the Riblah of Numbers 34:11, nor how it stands to Libnah. This collection records it as its own entry, Riblah (in the land of Hamath), apart from that Riblah and from Libnah, and decides nothing.
Geographic sources & candidates
Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Riblah 1” by name and 10 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Rableh (confidence 948 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.
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- Rableh
OpenBible.info confidence 948 of 1000 (current scholarship)
34.45955, 36.57262
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Riblah 1” (CC BY 4.0)
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Narrated location (6) — Jehoahaz reigns three months in Jerusalem, and Pharaoh Necoh puts him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, The Chaldean army pursues the king, and they capture him and carry him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah, The king of Babylon puts to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took, Zedekiah flees, is overtaken in the plains of Jericho, and is brought to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, who pronounces judgment on him, The army of the Chaldeans overtakes King Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and the king is carried up to the king of Babylon to Riblah, The king of Babylon puts to death at Riblah Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest and the men of the city, whom the captain of the guard took
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Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Then they captured the king and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they passed judgment on him.
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
The king of Babylon attacked them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. When they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment on him.
Then the king of Babylon killed Zedekiah’s sons in Riblah before his eyes. The king of Babylon also killed all the nobles of Judah.
Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he pronounced judgment on him.
The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. He also killed all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Riblah (in the land of Hamath) (place-riblah-hamath) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/riblah-hamath Current wording: Named at 2 Kings 23:31–33, where Jehoahaz reigns three months in Jerusalem, and Pharaoh Necoh puts him in bonds “at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem”. At 25:5–6 the Chaldean army pursues the king and overtakes him in the plains of Jericho, and they capture him and carry him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah, and pass judgment on him; at 25:20–21 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard brings those he took to the king of Babylon to Riblah, and the king of Babylon puts them to death “at Riblah in the land of Hamath.” The Korean Revised Version reads 립나, WEB Riblah. The Korean also writes 립나 at 23:31 (립나 예레미야의 딸), where WEB reads “the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah”. Cited evidence: 2KI 23:31–33, engwebp / 2KI 25:4–7, engwebp / 2KI 25:18–21, engwebp / JER 39:4–7, engwebp / JER 52:6–11, engwebp / JER 52:24–27, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.