And Pharao Nechao bound him at Rebla, which is in the land of Emath, that he should not reign in Jerusalem: and he set a fine upon the land, of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

put him.

2 Chronicles 36:3,4 And the king of Egypt came to Jerusalem, and deposed him, and condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. . . .

Ezekiel 19:3,4 And she brought out one of her whelps, and he became a lion: and he learned to catch the prey, and to devour men. . . .

Riblah.

2 Kings 25:6 So they took the king, and brought him to the king of Babylon, to Reblatha, and he gave judgment upon him.

Numbers 34:11 And from Sephama the bounds shall go down to Rebla over against the fountain of Daphnis: from thence they shall come eastward to the sea of Cenereth,

Jeremiah 39:5,6 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them: and they took Sedecias in the plain of the desert of Jericho, and when they had taken him, they brought him to Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon to Reblatha, which is in the land of Emath: and he gave judgment upon him. . . .

Jeremiah 52:9,10,26,27 And when they had taken the king, they carried him to the king of Babylon to Reblatha, which is in the land of Emath: and he gave judgment upon him. . . .

Theodoret (in

Jeremiah 46,) expressly affirms that Riblah or Reblatha was in his time called Emesa. [Koma de estin a Reblatha tas nun kaloumenas Emesas.] 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.

Hamath.

Numbers 13:21 And when they were gone up, they viewed the land from the desert of Sin, unto Rohob as you enter into Emath.

1 Kings 8:65 And Solomon made at the same time a solemn feast, and all Israel with him, a great multitude, from the entrance of Emath to the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, that is, fourteen days.

that he might not reign.

2 Kings 18:14 Then Ezechias, king of Juda, sent messengers to the king of the Assyrians, to Lachis, saying: I have offended, depart from me: and all that thou shalt put upon me, I will bear. And the king of the Assyrians put a tax upon Ezechias, king of Juda, of three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold.

Exodus 21:22 If men quarrel, and one strike a woman with child and she miscarry indeed, but live herself: he shall be answerable for so much damage as the woman's husband shall require, and as arbiters shall award.

2 Chronicles 36:3 And the king of Egypt came to Jerusalem, and deposed him, and condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

Proverbs 19:19 He that is impatient, shall suffer damage: and when he shall take away, he shall add another thing.