Carchemish
Carchemish was an ancient city on the Euphrates River where the Babylonians decisively defeated the Egyptians.
PlaceOld Testament3 books3 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at 2 Chronicles 35:20; only referred to as Carchemish (כַּרְכְּמִישׁ).
Location
- Identified as
- Jerabis
- Certainty
- Likely (88% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 36.830° N, 38.015° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- כַּרְכְּמִישׁCarchemish
Mentions
- 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.
- “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus?
- …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: