Yeremia 52:9

52:9 They captured him and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah ¹  in the territory of Hamath and he passed sentence on him there.

Bilangan 34:8-11

34:8 from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath, ²  and the direction of the border will be to Zedad. 34:9 The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border.

The Eastern Border of the Land

34:10 “‘For your eastern border you will draw a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. 34:11 The border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth. ³ 

Bilangan 34:2

34:2 “Give these instructions ⁴  to the Israelites, and tell them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, ⁵  the land of Canaan with its borders,

1 Samuel 8:9

8:9 So now do as they say. ⁶  But seriously warn ⁷  them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them.” ⁸ 

[52:9]  ¹ sn Riblah was a strategic town on the Orontes River in Syria. It was at a crossing of the major roads between Egypt and Mesopotamia. Pharaoh Necho had earlier received Jehoahaz there and put him in chains (2 Kgs 23:33) prior to taking him captive to Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar had set up his base camp for conducting his campaigns against the Palestinian states there and was now sitting in judgment on prisoners brought to him.

[34:8]  ² tn Or “to the entrance to Hamath.”

[34:11]  ³ tn Or “the Sea of Galilee” (so NLT); NCV, TEV, CEV “Lake Galilee.”

[34:11]  sn The word means “harp.” The lake (or sea) of Galilee was so named because it is shaped somewhat like a harp.

[34:2]  ⁴ tn Or “command.”

[34:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “this is the land that will fall to you as an inheritance.”

[8:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “and now, listen to their voice.”

[8:9]  ⁷ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the imperative for emphasis.

[8:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “and tell them the manner of the king who will rule over them.”