RobH_en_tn/2ki/25/06.md

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Riblah

This is the name of a place. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

passed sentence on him

"decided what they would do to punish him"

they slaughtered them before his eyes

The eyes are synecdoche for the whole person. AT: "they forced king Zedekiah to watch them kill his sons" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)

he put out his eyes

"Nebuchadnezzar put out Zedekiah's eyes." It might be best to translate so that the reader understands that other people might have helped Nebuchadnezzar do this. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

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