2 Kings 25:6

To Riblah. Nebuchadnezzar was at this time making preparations for his siege of Tyre, which took 13 years. Riblah, about 10 mi. (16 km.) south of Kadesh in the Plain of Coele-Syria, provided convenient headquarters from which to conduct both these operations. Necho also made Riblah his headquarters for his campaign through Syria to Carchemish (ch. 23:33).

They gave judgment. “He gave judgment” (Jer. 39:5; 52:9), indicating that it was Nebuchadnezzar himself who acted as judge and passed sentence. The charge in this instance was rebellion — a breaking of the solemn oath that Zedekiah had made (2 Kings 24:20). Nebuchadnezzar, who had become acquainted with the God of the Hebrews, required Zedekiah to swear his allegiance by an oath in the name of God (2 Chron. 36:13).