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Necho II: An Egyptian king, the son and successor of Psammetichus (B.C. 610)
the contemporary of Josiah, king of Judah. For some reason he
proclaimed war against the king of Assyria. He led forth a powerful
army and marched northward, but was met by the king of Judah at
Megiddo, who refused him a passage through his territory. Here a
fierce battle was fought and Josiah was slain
(2 Chronicles 35:20-24) Possibly,
as some suppose, Necho may have brought his army by sea to some port
to the north of Dor (comp.)
(Joshua 11:2; 12:23) a Phoenician town at no
great distance from Megiddo. After this battle Necho marched on to
Carchemish (q.v.), where he met and conquered the Assyrian army, and
thus all the Syrian provinces, including Palestine, came under his
dominion. On his return march he deposed Jehoahaz, who had succeeded
his father Josiah, and made Eliakim, Josiah's eldest son, whose name
he changed into Jehoiakim, king. Jehoahaz he carried down into Egypt,
where he died
(2 Kings 23:31; 2 Chronicles 36:1-4) Four years after this conquest
Necho again marched to the Euphrates; but here he was met and his
army routed by the Chaldeans (B.C. 606) under Nebuchadnezzar, who
drove the Egyptians back, and took from them all the territory they
had conquered, from the Euphrates unto the "river of Egypt"
(Jeremiah 46:2; 2 Kings 24:7,8) Soon after this Necho died, and was succeeded
by his son, Psammetichus II.
