Riblah

E68464

ancient town archaeological site

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kir-hareseth	4
Riblah canonical	2

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 ⓘ

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 ⓘ