Bible Location
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Carchemish was the great Euphrates city where empires contested control of the region. It is important because it stands behind one of the decisive battles of the late biblical world between Egypt and Babylon. First appears in 2 Chr 35:20.1
Coordinates
36.83, 38.02
First appears
2 Chr 35:20
AI summary: Carchemish matters because it marks the geopolitical pivot of the late kingdom period. Jeremiah and Chronicles connect it with the campaign in which Egyptian power was checked and Babylonian dominance became unmistakable. The cross references present Carchemish as a Euphrates fortress-city at the center of imperial turning points.1
Latitude
36.83
Longitude
38.02
Bible references
3
Fortress of Chemosh, a city on the west bank of the Euphrates (Jer. 46:2; 2 Chr. 35:20), not, as was once supposed, the Circesium at the confluence of the Chebar and the Euphrates, but a city considerably higher up the river, and commanding the ordinary passage of the Euphrates; probably identical with Hierapolis. It was the capital of the kingdom of the northern Hittites. The Babylonian army, under Nebuchadnezzar, the son of Nabopolassar, here met and conquered the army of Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt (B.C. 607). It is mentioned in monuments in B.C. 1600 and down to B.C. 717. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.