Topic
CARCHEMISH
A Babylonian city on the Euphrates, against which the king of Egypt made war 2CH 35:20; ISA 10:9; JER 46:2
Passages on this topic · 3
- 2 Chronicles 35:20
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out against him.
- Isaiah 10:9
Isn’t Calno like Carchemish? Isn’t Hamath like Arpad? Isn’t Samaria like Damascus?”
- Jeremiah 46:2
Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
From Nave’s Topical Bible (public domain).