Daniel 1:20
In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- 605 BC
WHEN
605 BC
dated by the text itself
The first of the three deportations, in the same year as the Battle of Carchemish.
WHO RULED
- Nebuchadnezzar II king of Babylon 605-562 BC
- Neco II pharaoh of Egypt 610-595 BC
MEANWHILE
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605 BC Syria
Nebuchadnezzar defeats the Egyptians at Carchemish
The battle that hands the Levant to Babylon, in the same year that Daniel 1:1 begins.
SOURCES
- date — 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.
- Nebuchadnezzar II — 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 — Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II
- Nebuchadnezzar defeats the Egyptians at Carchemish — Babylonian Chronicle (ABC 5); Jeremiah 46:2 names the same battle
SEE ALSO
- Exodus 8:19 “This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
- 1 Kings 4:29-34 And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore. …
- Isaiah 47:12-14 So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror! …
- Genesis 41:8 In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
- Genesis 31:7 And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
- Exodus 7:22 But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
- Exodus 8:7 But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.
- Numbers 14:22 not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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