1. 2 Rois 25:6 (NEG79)
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Commentary on 2 Kings 25:6 (Summary)

2 Rois 25:6 (NEG79)

6 Ils saisirent le roi, et le firent monter vers le roi de Babylone à Ribla; et l'on prononça contre lui une sentence.

Zedekiah is brought to Riblah where Nebuchadnezzar’s head office is. There he is sentenced.

In his infidelity to the king of Babylon (the breaking of his oath, 2 Kings 24:20), Zedekiah also showed infidelity toward God who used Nebuchadnezzar to punish Jerusalem. Submission to Nebuchadnezzar would therefore have been the only correct way to go (Jeremiah 38:17–21).

Zedekiah’s infidelity to God, of course, included much more than breaking his oath.