# Daniel 1:2

> And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.

— Daniel 1:2, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Shinar** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/shinar

## When

- 605 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: Daniel 1:1 dates itself by the third year of Jehoiakim; the Babylonian Chronicle (ABC 5) puts Nebuchadnezzar's first campaign in the Levant in 605 BC.

## 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
- **Neco II**, pharaoh of Egypt, 610-595 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II

## See also

- 2 Chronicles 36:7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/36/7
- Jeremiah 27:19-20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/27/19
- Zechariah 5:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/5/11
- Deuteronomy 32:30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/32/30
- Genesis 10:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/10/10
- Genesis 11:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/11/2
- Deuteronomy 28:49-52 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/deuteronomy/28/49
- Judges 2:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/judges/2/14

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/1/2
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/1
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).