Jeremiah 39:5 meaning and explanation

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.

Jeremiah 39:5, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah 39 tells how Jerusalem fell to Babylon in 586 BC. Zedekiah, Judah's last king, had rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar despite Jeremiah's counsel to submit.

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