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Necho and captured
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.

Necho and on
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.
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
Necho imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver ( about 3 tons or about 3. 4 metric tons ) and a talent of gold ( about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms ).
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.

Necho and forces
The Egyptian army of Pharaoh Necho II was delayed at Megiddo by the forces of King Josiah of Judah.
(, ) Necho then joined forces with the Assyrian Ashur-uballit II and together they crossed the Euphrates and lay siege to Harran.
The combined forces failed to capture the city, and Necho retreated back to northern Syria.
King Josiah of Judah allied himself with Babylon and tried to block the way of the forces of Egypt under Pharaoh Necho II.

Necho and with
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.
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.
The Egyptologist Donald B. Redford observed that although Necho II was " a man of action from the start, and endowed with an imagination perhaps beyond that of his contemporaries, Necho had the misfortune to foster the impression of being a failure.
Upon his ascension, Necho was faced with the chaos created by the raids of the Cimmerians and the Scythians, who had not only ravaged Asia west of the Euphrates, but had also helped the Babylonians shatter the Assyrian Empire.
On his return march, he found that the Judeans had selected Jehoahaz to succeed his father Josiah, whom Necho deposed and replaced with Jehoiakim.
Necho turned his attention in his remaining years to forging relationships with new allies: the Carians, and further to the west, the Greeks.
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.
In late colonial times, the river became an increasingly important transportation corridor with the discovery of anthracite coal by Necho Allen in its upper reaches in the mountains.
On Josiah's death, Jehoiakim's younger brother Jehoahaz ( or Shallum ) was proclaimed king, but after three months pharaoh Necho II deposed him and replaced him with the eldest son, Eliakim, who adopted the name Jehoiakim and became king at the age of twenty-five.
() Necho deposed Jehoahaz, who had been king for only three months, and replaced him with his older brother, Jehoiakim.
This Battle of Megiddo is recorded as having taken place in 609 BC with Necho II of Egypt leading his army to Carchemish to fight with his allies the Assyrians against the Babylonians at Carchemish in northern Syria.
Necho was killed during a conflict with the Nubian king Tanutamun.

Necho and they
Necho I, the father of Psamtik by his Queen Istemabet, was the chief of these kinglets, but they seem to have been quite unable to hold the Egyptians to the hated Assyrians against the more sympathetic Nubians.
Necho married Istemabet, and they were the parents of Psamtik I and his sister.

Necho and Euphrates
Necho attempted to assist this remnant immediately upon his coronation, but the force he sent proved to be too small, and the combined armies were forced to retreat west across the Euphrates.
Although Necho became the first pharaoh to cross the Euphrates since Thutmose III, he failed to capture Harran, and retreated back to northern Syria.
In the spring of 609 BC, Pharaoh Necho II personally led a sizable army up to the Euphrates River to aid the Assyrians.

Necho and siege
Necho responded the following year by retaking Kumukh after a four month siege, and executed the Babylonian garrison.
Necho had left Egypt in 609 BC for two reasons: one was to relieve the Babylonian siege of Harran, and the other was to help the king of Assyria, who was defeated by the Babylonians at Carchemish.

Necho and Harran
After the setback in Harran, Necho left a sizable force behind, and returned to Egypt.

Necho and .
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.
Another canal probably incorporating a portion of the first was constructed under the reign of Necho II and completed by Darius.
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.
Regardless, Necho is reported as having never completed his project.
* 664 BC: Psammetichus I succeeds Necho I as king of Lower Egypt.
* 610 BC: Necho II succeeds Psammetichus I as king of Egypt.
* 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.
* 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.
Jehoahaz succeeds his father Josiah as King of Judah, but is quickly deposed by Necho, who installs Jehoahaz's brother Jehoiakim in his place.
* 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.

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