Divided Kingdom
Daniel taken to Babylon
Daniel taken to Babylon is dated 605 BC in the Modern reckoning and 606 BC in the Traditional. It is told in Daniel 1:1. Daniel is part of it.
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- 605 BC
- Traditional reckoning
- 606 BC
- How it's dated
- Babylonian records
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Sources: Theographic event 240; Babylonian Chronicle (ABC 5).
Where is it in the Bible?
Who was there, and where?
- Daniel
Which verses connect to Daniel 1:1?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- 2 Chronicles 36:5–728 votes
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God. Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon. …
- 2 Kings 24:1–226 votes
During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.
- 2 Kings 24:1315 votes
As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.