2 Kgs 23:33

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put him.

2Chr 36:3; 2Chr 36:4; Ezek 19:3; Ezek 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.

2Kgs 25:6; Num 34:11; Jer 39:5; Jer 39:6; Jer 52:9; Jer 52:10; Jer 52:26; Jer 52:27

Hamath.

Num 13:21; 1Kgs 8:65

that he might not reign. or, because he reigned. put, etc.Heb. set a mulct upon the land.

2Kgs 18:14; Exod 21:22; 2Chr 36:3; Prov 19:19