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Carchemish
Town or city mentioned in 3 verses of the Bible, most often in 2 Chronicles.
Journeys through Carchemish
- Judah into exile (597 and 586 BC)
Where it appears
2 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)
Key verses
- 2 Chronicles 35:20 first mention — After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
- Isaiah 10:9 — Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus?
- Jeremiah 46:2 — Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.
Nearby places
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