# 2 Kings 25:19

> Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

— 2 Kings 25:19, Berean Standard Bible

## 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

- Esther 1:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/esther/1/14

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## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25/19
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25
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