# 2 Kings 25:22

> Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.

— 2 Kings 25:22, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

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

## 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

- Jeremiah 39:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/39/14
- 2 Kings 22:12 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/22/12
- 2 Chronicles 34:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/34/20
- Jeremiah 26:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/26/24
- Jeremiah 41:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/41/2

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25/22
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).