Riblah

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Riblah was an ancient town in Syria that served as a strategic military and administrative headquarters, notably used by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar during the final conquest of Judah.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kir-hareseth 4
Riblah canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient town ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith fall of Jerusalem (586 BCE) ⓘ
associatedWithEvent King Zedekiah of Judah ⓘ
surface form: blinding of Zedekiah

capture of King Zedekiah of Judah ⓘ
execution of Zedekiah’s sons ⓘ
category Biblical location ⓘ
Former populated place in Syria ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
functionedAs field headquarters of Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
place of judgment ⓘ
governedBy Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
historicalPeriod Iron Age ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn Syria ⓘ
region of Coele-Syria ⓘ
locatedNear modern border of Syria and Lebanon ⓘ
locatedOn Orontes River ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of 2 Kings ⓘ
Book of Jeremiah ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
roleIn Babylonian campaign against Jerusalem ⓘ
final conquest of Judah ⓘ
strategicFeature near important river crossing ⓘ
on major north–south route through Syria ⓘ
usedAs administrative headquarters ⓘ
military headquarters ⓘ
usedBy Babylonian forces ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian army

Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Zedekiah of Judah → takenTo → Riblah ⓘ
subject surface form: Zedekiah
land of Moab → hasCity → Riblah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kir-hareseth
Moabites → importantCity → Riblah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kir-hareseth
Moab → majorCity → Riblah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kir-hareseth
Chemosh → hasCultCenter → Riblah ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kir-hareseth
Hamath → nearbyAncientCities → Riblah ⓘ