Lexical Definition

‎רִבְלָה‎ Riblâh (rib-law') Riblah ^N:N--L
from an unused root meaning to be fruitful; fertile

Riblah.

• § Riblah = "fertility"
• Riblah, a place in Syria

1) a place on the eastern boundary of Israel
2) a town in the land of Hamath on the great road between Babylon and Palestine

Extended Information

• Riblah = "fertility"
• a town in the land of Hamath on the great road between Babylon and Palestine
• Also named: div.lah (‎ד‎ִּ‎ב‎ְ‎ל‎ָ‎ה‎ "Riblah" דִּבְלָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רִבְלָה‎

proper name, of a location 1. ‎׳‎‎ו‎ in land of Hamath 2Kgs 23:33; 2Kgs 25:21 = Jer 52:27; Jer 39:6 with ‎ה‎ locative, ‎רִבְ֫לָתָךְ‎ 2Kgs 25:6; 2Kgs 25:20 = Jer 52:26, also ('in land of Hamath') Jer 39:5; Jer 52:9 ‎בְּרִבְלָ֑תָה‎ vJer 52:10 read ‎רִבְדָמל֫תָה‎ also Ezek 6:14 (for ᵑ0 ‎׳‎‎דִּב‎, see [ ‎דִּבְלָה‎]); ᵐ5 usually Δεβλαθα (also Ezek 6:14); modern Ribla on Orontes, Rob^{BR ii. 507}; iii. 543 ff. Bd^{Pal 3. 405.}

2. ‎(מִשְּׁפָם) הָרִבְלָה‎ Num 34:11, on northeast border of land of Israel, certainly not so far north as 1, but site unknown; ᵐ5 ἀπὀ σεπφαμαρ Βηλα, whence Di and others conjecture ‎הַרְבֵּ֫לָךְ‎, but not Harmel, 8 miles southwest from ‎׳‎‎ו‎ 1 (Wetzst^{ZAW iii (1883), 274 f.}), see Dr^{Hast. DB}.

‎רַבמָֿ֑ג‎, ‎רַבסָֿרִיס‎ see II. ‎רַב‎.

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Riblah_1 • Babylonian headquarters during the conquest of Judah

Riblah was a city in Hamath where the Babylonians set up their headquarters during their campaigns against Judah (2 Ki. 23:33; 25:6, 20-21; Jer. 39:5-6; 52:9-10, 26-27).

• A location first mentioned at 2Ki.23.33;
• referred to as Riblah רִבְלָה, or Riblah דִּבְלָה.
  

Riblah, located in the land of Hamath, was a city in ancient Syria where the Babylonians established their headquarters during their military campaigns against the kingdom of Judah. Pharaoh Necho of Egypt put Jehoahaz, king of Judah, in chains at Riblah (2 Ki. 23:33). Later, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, captured Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, and brought him to Riblah, where he executed Zedekiah's sons before his eyes and then blinded him (2 Ki. 25:6-7; Jer. 39:5-7; 52:9-11). The Babylonian army also brought other captured Judean officials to Riblah, where they were put to death (2 Ki. 25:20-21; Jer. 52:26-27). Riblah's location on the Orontes River made it a strategic base for military operations. The exact site is identified with modern-day Ribleh in Syria, about 35 miles northeast of Baalbek, Lebanon.

All entries for Riblah: רִבְלָה ☩ דִּבְלָה