Jeremiah 46:2
For Egypt: “This is about the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt that was at Carchemish by the Euphrates river. This was the army that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:This verse in the real world
In what words
- כַּרְכְּמִישׁKarkᵉmîyshKarkemish, a place in Syria
- פַּרְעֹה נְכֹהParʻôh NᵉkôhParoh-Nekoh (or -Neko), an Egyptian king
- פְּרָתPᵉrâthPerath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East
- יְהוֹיָקִיםYᵉhôwyâqîymJehojakim, a Jewish king
- יֹאשִׁיָּהYôʼshîyâhJoshijah, the name of two Israelites
- רְבִיעִיrᵉbîyʻîyfourth; also (fractionally) a fourth
- נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּרNᵉbûwkadneʼtstsarNebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon
- נָהָרnâhâra stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosper
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
What's left of it
- The Babylonian Chronicle on Carchemish, 605 BCFixed dateThe battle Jeremiah uses to date a prophecy is recorded, to the year, in Babylon's own chronicle.