Place
Riblah
Identified location. The site is known today and most scholars agree on it.
A town on the Orontes in the land of Hamath. Nebuchadnezzar was here when Zedekiah was brought to him after Jerusalem fell, and here Zedekiah's sons were killed before his eyes and he was blinded.
Who passed through
In story order. King James Version.
- Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah 39:5
But the Chaldeans’ army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
- Zedekiah, 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.
Place names, references and coordinates: STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), with coordinates from OpenBible.info. Map: Natural Earth (public domain).