# 2 Kings 25:6

> The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.

— 2 Kings 25:6, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

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

- 2 Kings 23:33 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23/33
- Jeremiah 34:21-22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/34/21

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25/6
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/25
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).