Carchemish
City in the Bible
Location: 36.83° N, 38.02° E (approximate; the location is disputed or uncertain)
Mentioned in 3 verses. Here are the first ones. The list is based on an open dataset and is not complete: not every place a person or place is mentioned is included.
Where Carchemish is mentioned
2 Chronicles 35:20
After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt marched up to fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:9
“Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
Read in contextJeremiah 46:1–3
1 This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet
2 concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:
3 “Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!
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