Jeremiah 52:9

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Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment on him.

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The Assyrian and Babylonian ExileThe kingdoms of Judah and Israel with the routes of the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities.

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Jerusalem’s fleeing king was captured near Jericho in the Arabah, the Jordan Rift Valley, then taken north to Riblah in Hamath, where Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon held his military headquarters. Babylon, capital of Chaldea, thus exercised judgment over Judah after Jerusalem’s fall.

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Jeremiah 52:9 mentions Arabah, Babylon, Chaldea, Hamath, Jericho, Jerusalem and Riblah.

Photo of Arabah — Arabah · Anastasia Pozdnyakova

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Chaldea — Chaldea · M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA.

Photo of Hamath — Hamath · TheRealHuldra