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Riblah, a city in the land of Hamath on the Orontes, used as a military staging ground by Egypt and Babylon
A strategic city on the Orontes River in the land of Hamath, Riblah served as the forward command post for the great empires that dominated Israel's final decades. Pharaoh Necho imprisoned Jehoahaz there and imposed tribute on Judah (2 Kgs 23:33). Later, Nebuchadnezzar made Riblah his base for conducting the siege of Jerusalem, and it was there that Zedekiah's sons were slaughtered before his eyes before he himself was blinded (2 Kgs 25:6–7; Jer 52:9–10). The city also appears as a boundary marker for the promised land (Num 34:11).
Senses
1. Riblah (place name) — The proper name of a city in the territory of Hamath on the Orontes River, functioning as an imperial military headquarters during the late monarchy. Pharaoh Necho detained Jehoahaz there (2 Kgs 23:33), and Nebuchadnezzar used it as his command post during the siege of Jerusalem (2 Kgs 25:6, 20–21; Jer 39:5–6; 52:9–10, 26–27). It also marks the northeastern boundary of the promised land (Num 34:11). Arabic renders the preposition-plus-name as في رِبْلَةَ ('in Riblah'), Spanish as 'en Ribla,' reflecting consistent treatment as a toponym across traditions. 11×
AR["إِلَى-رِبْلَةَ", "الرِّبْلَةَ", "رِبْلَةَ", "فِي-رِبْلَةَ"]·ben["রিবলাতে", "রিবলায়", "রিব্লায়", "রিব্লায়।"]·DE["Rivlah-ward", "[ברבלה]", "[ברבלתה]", "[רבלתה]", "der-Riblah-ward", "in-Rivlah"]·EN["Rivlah-ward", "at-Rivlah", "in-Rivlah", "the-Riblah-ward", "to-Rivlah"]·FR["Rivlah-garde", "dans-Rivlah", "dans-à-Ribla", "le-Riblah-ward", "à-Ribla"]·heb["ב-רבלה", "ב-רבלתה", "ה-רבלה", "רבלתה"]·HI["ब-रिब्लाह", "बे-रिब्लाह-में", "में-रिबला", "में-रिबलाह", "रिबला", "रिबलाह", "रिब्लाह"]·ID["[ke]-Ribla", "di-Ribla", "ke-Ribla"]·IT["Ribla", "Rivlah-custodia", "il-Riblah-ward", "in-Rivlah"]·jav["Ribla", "dhateng-Ribla", "ing-Ribla", "wonten-ing-Ribla"]·KO["리블라로", "리블라에서", "립라로", "립라에", "립라에서", "에서-립라", "하리블라로"]·PT["Rivlah", "Rivlah-a", "Rivlatah", "em-Rivlah"]·RU["в-Ривле", "в-Ривлу", "к-Ривле"]·ES["Rivlatah", "a-Ribla", "a-Riblá", "a-Rivlah", "en-Ribla", "en-Rivlah"]·SW["Ribla", "huko-Ribla", "katika-Ribla"]·TR["-Rivla'da", "Rivla'da", "Rivla'ya"]·urd["ربلہ", "ربلہ-تک", "ربلہ-میں", "رِبلہ-کو", "میں-ربلہ", "میں-رِبلہ"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† רִבְלָה n.pr.loc. 1. י׳ in land of Hamath 2 K 23:33; 25:21 = Je 52:27, Je 39:6; c. ה loc., רִבְלָ֫תָה 2 K 25:6, 20 = Je 52:26, also (‘in land of Hamath’) Je 39:5; 52:9; בְּרִבְלָ֑תָה v. 10; read רִבְלָ֫תָה also Ez 6:14 (for MT דִּב׳, v. [דִּבְלָה]); 𝔊 usually Δεβλαθα (also Ez 6:14); mod. Ribla on Orontes, RobBR ii. 507; iii. 543 ff. BdPal3. 405. 2. הָרִבְלָה (מִשְּׁפָם) Nu 34:11, on NE. border…