So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
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Interpretation
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.
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This thought runs through 2 Kings 25:4-7.