# 2 Kings 25:5

> but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was separated from him.

— 2 Kings 25:5, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Chaldea** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/chaldea
- **Jericho 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/jericho-1
- **Arabah** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/arabah

## 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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25/5
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).