2 Kings 23:33

And Pharaoh-nechoh put him in fetters at Riblah in the land of Chamath, that he should not reign in Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

32And he did what is evil in the eyes of the Lord, all just as his fathers had done.

34And Pharaoh-nechoh made Elyakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoyakim, and took Jehoachaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there.

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Cross References

Exodus 21:22If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her children depart from her, and yet no farther mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, [with a fine,] according as the husband of the woman will lay upon him; and he shall pay this by the decision of the judges.

Numbers 34:11And the boundary shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, to the eastward of 'Ayin; and the boundary shall descend, and shall touch upon the coast of the sea of Kinnereth, eastward;

2 Kings 18:14And Hezekiah the king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have sinned; retire from me: what thou wilt impose on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah the king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.

2 Kings 25:6And they seized the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they called him to account.

Proverbs 19:19A man of great fury must suffer punishment; for if thou deliver him, thou must still do it again.

Jeremiah 52:9And they caught the king, and they brought him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Chamath: and he called him to account.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 23:32-37

Reigns of Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim. ( b. c. 610.) 31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 32 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord , according to all that his fathers had done. 33 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 a hundred talents of silver, and a talent… Read the whole commentary →

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