# 2 Kings 23:27

> For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”

— 2 Kings 23:27, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Jerusalem** (Judea · today Jerusalem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jerusalem

## 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 18:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/18/11
- 2 Kings 21:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/21/13
- 2 Kings 17:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/17/18
- 2 Kings 17:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/17/20
- 2 Kings 21:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/21/4
- Jeremiah 33:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/33/24

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23/27
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).