2 Kings 25:1

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It happened in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.

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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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Jerusalem, Judah’s capital, was besieged by Babylon (Chaldea) under Nebuchadnezzar

Places in this passage

2 Kings 25:1 mentions Arabah, Babylon, Chaldea, Egypt, Hamath, Jericho, Jerusalem, Mizpah and Riblah.

Photo of Arabah — Arabah · Anastasia Pozdnyakova

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

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

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato