Herodotus mentions that the Egyptian pharaoh Necho II ( 610 – 595 BC ) built triremes on the Nile, for service in the Mediterranean, and in the Red Sea, but this reference is disputed by modern historians, and attributed to a confusion, since " triērēs " was by the 5th century used in the generic sense of " warship ", regardless its type.

* 609 BC: King Josiah of Judah dies in the Battle of Megiddo against Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt, who is on his way north to aid the rump Assyrian state of Ashur-uballit II.

* 609 BC — King Josiah of Judah dies in the Battle of Megiddo against Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt, who is on his way north to aid the Assyrian state of Ashur-uballit II.

Nabopolassar was intent on annexing the western provinces of Syria from Necho II ( who was still hoping to restore Assyrian power ), and to this end dispatched his son westward with a large army.

The Book of Chronicles gives a lengthier account and 2 Chronicles 35: 20 states that when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against the Babylonians at Carchemish on the Euphrates River and that King Josiah was fatally wounded by an Egyptian archer.

Necho soon captured Kadesh on the Orontes and moved forward, joining forces with Ashur-uballit and together they crossed the Euphrates and laid siege to Harran.

Although Nebuchadrezzar spent many years in his new conquests on continuous pacification campaigns, Necho was unable to recover any significant part of his lost territories.

* Necho ( crater ), a crater on the Moon

On his return from Syria and Mesopotamia, Necho II captured and deposed Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah who had just succeeded his father on the throne.

Immediately to the south of Bubastis were the allotments of land with which Psammetichus rewarded the services of his Ionian and Carian mercenaries ; and on the northern side of the city commenced the canal which Pharaoh Necho II began ( but never finished ) to go between the Nile and the Red Sea.

Pharaoh Necho marched on together with Ashur-uballit II, to besiege Harran.

Necho I's Year 2 is now attested on a privately held donation stela that was first published by Olivier Perdu .< ref > Olivier Perdu, < cite > De Stéphinatès à Néchao ou les débuts de la XXVIe dynastie </ cite >( From Tefnakht II to Necho and the start of the 26th Dynasty ), CRAIBL 2002, pp. 1215-1244 </ ref > The stela records a large land donation to the Osirian triad of PerHebyt ( modern Behbeit el-Hagar near Sebennytos ) by the " priest of Isis, Mistress of Hebyt, Great Chief ... son of Iuput, Akanosh.

Cracks form in the impact melt sheet on the floor of Necho Crater.

Necho is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon, and therefore cannot be seen directly from the Earth.

By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Necho.

* 609 BC: Jehoahaz succeeds his father Josiah as King of Judah, but is quickly deposed by Necho, who installs Jehoahaz's brother Jehoiakim in his place.

Jehoahaz succeeds his father Josiah as King of Judah, but is quickly deposed by Necho, who installs Jehoahaz's brother Jehoiakim in his place.

The Book of Kings states that Necho met King Josiah of the Kingdom of Judah at Megiddo and killed him () ( see Battle of Megiddo ( 609 BC )).

Necho is quoted as saying: " What quarrel is there between you and me, O king of Judah?

Necho played a significant role in the histories of the Assyrian Empire, Babylonia and the Kingdom of Judah.

* 609 BC: Jerusalem becomes part of the Empire of the Twenty-sixth dynasty of Egypt after Josiah of Judah is killed by the army of Pharaoh Necho II at the Battle of Megiddo ( 609 BC ).

The Egyptian army of Pharaoh Necho II was delayed at Megiddo by the forces of King Josiah of Judah.

Jehoiakim was installed as king of Judah by pharaoh Necho II in 608 BC, who deposed his younger brother Jehoahaz after a reign of only three months and took him to Egypt, where he died.

This required passing through territory controlled by the Kingdom of Judah and Necho requested permission from its king, Josiah.

King Josiah of Judah allied himself with Babylon and tried to block the way of the forces of Egypt under Pharaoh Necho II.

According to the Histories of the Greek historian Herodotus, about 600 BC, Necho II undertook to dig a west-east canal through the Wadi Tumilat between Bubastis and Heroopolis, and perhaps continued it to the Heroopolite Gulf and the Red Sea.

It was in connection with this new activity that Necho founded a new city of Per-Temu Tjeku which translates as ' The House of Atum of Tjeku ' at the site now known as Tell el-Maskhuta, about 15 km west of Ismailia.

Finally there is the suggestion that Herodotus records this battle and Egyptian campaign in his writings about the pharaoh Necho, that are included in his famous Histories:

He successfully defeated Necho I, the puppet ruler installed by Ashurbanipal, taking Thebes in the process.

After Sennacherib's fall Hezekiah gained possession of it, but when Josiah was slain by Pharaoh Necho, the latter took it away.

However, according to rabbinical accounts, Necho did not know how the mechanism worked and so accidentally struck himself with one of the lions causing him to become lame ; Nebuchadnezzar, into whose possession the throne subsequently came, shared a similar fate.

Another canal probably incorporating a portion of the first was constructed under the reign of Necho II and completed by Darius.

Regardless, Necho is reported as having never completed his project.

These sailors and earlier explorers of the area such as those sponsored by Necho II were in direct or indirect contact with trading centers in Egypt and elsewhere which would certainly facilitate the spread of the stories of these real werewolf-like creatures.

* 664 BC: Psammetichus I succeeds Necho I as king of Lower Egypt.

* 610 BC: Necho II succeeds Psammetichus I as king of Egypt.

* 605 BC: Battle of Carchemish: Crown Prince Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon defeats the army of Necho II of Egypt, securing the Babylonian conquest of Assyria.

A final victory was achieved at Carchemish in 605 BC, which included also defeating the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho II who had belatetly tried to aid Egypt's former masters.

* 595 BC — Psamtik II succeeds Necho II as king of Egypt.

* 605 BC — Battle of Carchemish: Crown Prince Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon defeats the army of Necho II of Egypt, securing the Babylonian conquest of Assyria.

* 610 BC — Necho II succeeds Psamtik I ( Psammetichus ) as king of Egypt.

* 664 BC: Psamtik I succeeds Necho I as king of Lower Egypt.

According to the Middle Irish language synthetic history Lebor Gabála Érenn she was the daughter of Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt.

It was here that Nebuchadnezzar had his headquarters, in his campaign against Jerusalem, and here also that Necho fixed his camp after he had routed Josiah's army at Megiddo ( 2 Kings 23: 29-35 ; 25: 6, 20, 21 ; Jer.

According to the Book of Jeremiah in the summer of 605 BC Carchemish was the site of an important battle was fought by the Babylonian army of Nebuchadrezzar II and that of Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt.