# 2 Kings 22:17

> because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’

— 2 Kings 22:17, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- c. 622-609 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 2 Kings 22:3 dates the finding of the Book of the Law by the eighteenth year of Josiah.

## Who ruled

- **Neco II**, pharaoh of Egypt, 610-595 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II
- **Josiah**, king of Judah, 640-609 BC · Source: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record

## See also

- 2 Kings 21:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/21/22

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/22/17
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/22
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).