2 Kings 23:30
From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Jerusalem, Megiddo
- WHEN
- c. 622-609 BC
ON THE MAP
WHEN
c. 622-609 BC
dated by the text itself
WHO RULED
- Neco II pharaoh of Egypt 610-595 BC
- Josiah king of Judah 640-609 BC
MEANWHILE
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612 BC Assyria
Fall of Nineveh
The empire that took the northern kingdom captive vanishes within a generation, as Nahum 3 announces.
SOURCES
- date — 2 Kings 22:3 dates the finding of the Book of the Law by the eighteenth year of Josiah.
- Neco II — Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II
- Josiah — 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
- Fall of Nineveh — Chronicle of Nabopolassar (ABC 3)
SEE ALSO
- 2 Kings 9:28 Then his servants carried him by chariot to Jerusalem and buried him with his fathers in his tomb in the City of David.
- 2 Chronicles 36:1-4 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father. …
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