2 Kings 24:16

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All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

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The Babylonian and Persian EmpiresThe Babylonian and Persian empires that carried Judah into exile and later allowed the return.

The Assyrian and Babylonian ExileThe kingdoms of Judah and Israel with the routes of the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities.

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Babylon (Chaldea), east of the Euphrates, had taken territory from Egypt’s Brook of Egypt boundary to the Euphrates, including Jerusalem; Syria

Places in this passage

2 Kings 24:16 mentions Ammon, Babylon, Brook of Egypt, Chaldea, Egypt, Euphrates, Jerusalem, Moab and Syria.

Photo of Ammon — Ammon · Berthold Werner

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Brook of Egypt — Brook of Egypt · اسماء البيك

Photo of Chaldea — Chaldea · M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA.