HIST 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Necho Ii, Jehoiakim, Babylonian Chronicles
20 Jun 2020
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Josiah was killed by pharaoh neco ii at megiddo. The books of 1 and 2 kings provided little information about josiah"s death [2 kings 23:29] The chronicler makes the encounter between the 2 monarchs look like a military showdown. Neco ii took jehoiakim (the older brother of jehoahaz), and made kim king [2 kings 23:34] King jehoiakim was considered a very evil king because he was pro-egyptian (since he was placed on the throne by egypt) 604/603 bc = nebuchadnezzar was able to march to the syro-palestinian region unopposed. He had received tributed from kings in the syro-palestinian region. He was able to conquer the philistine city of ashkelon. After this, king jehoiakim finally became pro-egyptian (no longer pro-egyptian) because the. Judeans were becoming increasingly worried about babylon"s influence. 605 bc = the battle of karkemish. King nebuchadnezzar was victorious against the assyrian and egyptians. Inevitable, this allowed him to portray himself as the liberator of assyria and egypt.
