2 Kings 23:33 (KJV)

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And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath that he might not reign in Jerusalem and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold

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put him. 2Ch 36:3 2Ch 36:4 Eze 19:3 Eze 19:4

Riblah.Theodoret (in Jer ch. 46,) expressly affirms that Riblah or Reblatha was in his time called Emesa. [Kome de estin he Reblatha tes nun kaloumenes Emeses.] Emesa was a city of Syria, situated on the Orontes, and, according to the Antonine Itinerary, 18 miles from Laodicea ad Libanum. It is now called Homs, or Hems, about eight hours, or twenty-four miles S.E. of Hamah or Hamath, in the road to Damascus. The present town only occupies about one quarter of the space contained within the ancient walls, which apparently date from the time of the Saracens. Here is nothing remarkable, except a Roman sepulchre, and a large castle in ruins. 2Ki 25:6 Nu 34:11 Jer 39:5 Jer 39:6 Jer 52:9 Jer 52:10 Jer 52:26 Jer 52:27

Hamath. Nu 13:21 1Ki 8:65

that he might not reign. or, because he reigned. put, etc.Heb. set a mulct upon the land. 2Ki 18:14 Ex 21:22 2Ch 36:3 Pr 19:19

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