What Does 2 Kings 25:6 Mean in the King James?
So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
In Hebrew, the verdict enters as spoken words in a direct encounter: they speak judgment with the king.
THE MEANING
The verse places the reader where authority changes hands: a king is brought before another ruler, and judgment is spoken directly to him. Rank does not keep anyone from becoming the one who hears the verdict.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The verse undoes the belief that rank makes a person unreachable by judgment.
THE ROOT
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpat
GROWS FROM
שפט
sh-p-t
To judge, decide, or govern; to render a judgment.
“judgment” in this verse is mishpat. מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) belongs to the same root as judging and governing. Here, the king who holds authority becomes the one receiving a verdict.
ALSO GROWS
shaphat: To judge or decide.
שָׁפַט
The judgment in this verse is an act of deciding directed at the king.
shofet: A judge or ruler.
שֹׁפֵט
This branch links judgment with authority, placing the king himself within the reach of a ruling.
וַיְדַבְּרוּ
waydabbərū
GROWS FROM
דבר
d-b-r
To speak; as a noun, a word or matter.
“gave judgment” in this verse is waydabbərū. The Hebrew verb means “they spoke,” and it shares its root with דָּבָר (davar), “word” or “matter.” Judgment arrives here as speech addressed to the king in a direct encounter.
ALSO GROWS
davar: A word, matter, or thing.
דָּבָר
The verdict is a matter put into words and brought before the king.
dibber: He spoke.
דִּבֵּר
This verb shares the seed of the verse’s “they spoke,” making the judgment a spoken act.
THE PATTERN
Human authority remains answerable within a judgment higher than itself.
A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:THE THREAD
The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.Both verses use מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat, judgment), from the root שפט (sh-p-t). Isaiah likewise places rulers directly within judgment, showing that rank does not remove them from its reach.
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