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Carchemish
Carchemish was an ancient city on the west bank of the upper Euphrates River. It appears in Scripture as the place where Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated the army of Pharaoh Necho of Egypt around 605 BC.
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- Pharaoh NechoPeople
Pharaoh Necho was a king of Egypt who pressed hard upon Judah in the late seventh century BC. He killed King Josiah of Judah at Megiddo, deposed and installed kings of Judah, and was defeated by Babylon at Carchemish.
- Jeremiah 46Bible
Jeremiah 46 opens the oracles against the nations (chapters 46–51). It portrays the Egyptian army's defeat by Babylon at Carchemish and Nebuchadnezzar's invasion of Egypt, and it closes with a promise of comfort to Jacob.
- NechoPeople
Necho was a king (pharaoh) of Egypt in the late seventh century BC. After King Josiah of Judah died at Megiddo in an encounter with him, Necho replaced the king of Judah. He was later defeated by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon at the Battle of Carchemish.