# 2 Kings 25:13

> Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.

— 2 Kings 25:13, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Babylon 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/babylon-1
- **Chaldea** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/chaldea

## When

- 586 BC (counted from the text)
- Date source: 2 Kings 25:8 dates itself by the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar; the Babylonian Chronicles, which fix the start of his reign in 605 BC, convert the year.

## Who ruled

- **Nebuchadnezzar II**, king of Babylon, 605-562 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), which date the Battle of Carchemish and the first campaign against Judah; Berossus, cited by Josephus in Against Apion I

## See also

- 2 Chronicles 36:18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/36/18
- 1 Kings 7:15 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/7/15
- 2 Kings 20:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/20/17
- Jeremiah 52:17-20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/52/17
- Lamentations 1:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/lamentations/1/10

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25/13
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).