6 and he was captured. He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where sentence was pronounced on him.
6 So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave
6 Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they passed sentence on him.
6 The Babylonians took Zedekiah prisoner and marched him off to the king of Babylon at Riblah, then tried and sentenced him on the spot.
6 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him.
6 They captured the king and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 25:6
Commentary on 2 Kings 25:1-7
(Read 2 Kings 25:1-7)
Jerusalem was so fortified, that it could not be taken till famine rendered the besieged unable to resist. In the prophecy and Lamentations of Jeremiah, we find more of this event; here it suffices to say, that the impiety and misery of the besieged were very great. At length the city was taken by storm. The king, his family, and his great men escaped in the night, by secret passages. But those deceive themselves who think to escape God's judgments, as much as those who think to brave them. By what befell Zedekiah, two prophecies, which seemed to contradict each other, were both fulfilled. Jeremiah prophesied that Zedekiah should be brought to Babylon, Ezekiel 12:13. He was brought thither, but his eyes being put out, he did not see it.