Nebuchadnezzar's First Campaign
Continuing his father, Nabopolassar's war campaigns, Nebuchadnezzar II pushed westward from Nineveh to Haran while Egyptian Pharaoh Necho moved his armies, crossing the Land of Israel to oppose Nebuchadnezzar in the north. Nebuchadnezzar defeated Necho at the Battle of Carchemish in 605 BCE.
Jeremiah 46:2
Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh-neco king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle states: "In the 21st year of the king of Akkad (Nabopolassar) stayed in his own land, and Nebuchadnezzar his eldest son, the crown-prince mustered the Babylonian army... he marched to Carchemish...crossed the river to go against the Egyptian army... Nebuchadnezzar conquered the whole area of Hamath..."
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Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle:
"In the 21st year of the king of Akkad (Nabopolassar) stayed in his own land, and Nebuchadnezzar his eldest son, the crown-prince mustered the Babylonian army... he marched to Carchemish...crossed the river to go against the Egyptian army... Nebuchadnezzar conquered the whole area of Hamath..."
In the Bible
Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh-Neco king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
"לְמִצְרַ֗יִם עַל־חֵ֨יל פַּרְעֹ֤ה נְכוֹ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֥ה עַל־נְהַר־פְּרָ֖ת בְּכַרְכְּמִ֑שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִכָּ֗ה נְבֽוּכַדְרֶאצַּר֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל בִּשְׁנַת֙ הָֽרְבִיעִ֔ית לִיהֽוֹיָקִ֥ים בֶּן־יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה."
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