Jeremiah 46 Footnotes

46:2 The battle of Carchemish occurred in 605–604 BC. The reliability of the narrative in Jeremiah receives support from extrabiblical evidence, the Chronicles of the Chaldaean Kings, edited by D. J. Wiseman.

46:13 Some scholars deny that Jeremiah wrote this section because Babylon did not invade Egypt until 568–567 BC when Jeremiah would no longer have been living. However, Nebuchadnezzar also threatened Egypt in 604 BC, and fought a battle with Pharaoh Neco in 601 BC. Also, the poem implies that its author had accurate knowledge of the geography of Egypt, which Jeremiah would have had.

46:26 This prophecy was fulfilled: Nebuchadnezzar’s conquest of Egypt was only temporary, the destruction was minimal, and he soon withdrew without making it part of his empire.