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609 B
Riblah
This is the name of a place. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
they passed sentence on him
AT: "pronounced his judgment." or "pronounced his sentence."
they slaughtered them before his eyes
AT: "they killed them before him." or "they killed them while king Zedekiah was forced to watch." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
they made him blind
The word "he" refers to king Nebuchadnezzar, but he probably did not do it himself. AT: "Then the Babylonian soldiers cut out Zedekiah's eyes." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)