An Egyptian king, mentioned not only in Scripture, but by Herodotus, who says that he was son of Psammetichus, king of Egypt: and that, having succeeded him in the kingdom, he raised great armies, and sent out great fleets, as well on the Mediterranean as the Red Sea; that he expended a vast sum and many thousands of lives in a fruitless effort to unite and Nile and the Red Sea by a canal; and that he was the first to send a ship wholly around Africa. Josiah king of Judah being tributary to the king of Babylon, opposed Necho on his first expedition against Nebuchadnezzar, and gave him battle at Megiddo, where he received the wound of which he died; and Necho pressed forward, without making any long stay in Judea. On his return from the Euphrates, where he had taken and garrisoned the city of Carchemish, B. C. 610, he halted at Riblah in Syria; and sending for Jehoahaz, king of the Jews, he deposed him, loaded him with chains, and sent him into Egypt. Then coming to Jerusalem, he set up Eliakim, or Jehoiakim, in his place, and exacted the payment of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold. The accompanying cut from the great "Tomb of the Kings" in Egypt, explored by Belzoni, is believed to represent four Jewish hostages or captives of distinction presented before Pharaoh-Necho. One of them may be meant for Jehoahaz.

They were colored white; and with them were four reds, four blacks, and four others white supposed to represent Babylonians, Ethiopians, etc. They were led before the king, seated on his throne, by one of the hawk-headed figures so frequent on Egyptian monuments. Jeremiah 46:2, acquaints us that Carchemish was retaken by Nabopolassar king of Babylon, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim king of Judah; so that Necho did not retain his conquests in Syria more than four year, 2 Kings 23:29-24:7 2 Chronicles 35:20-36:6.

The Captivity.
... powers; the King of Babylon, who had newly taken Nineveh, and Pharaoh Necho, King
of ... his third son, a wicked young man, only reigned while Necho was fighting a ...
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On Daniel. I. Preface by the Most Holy Hippolytus, (Bishop) of ...
... Against him comes up Pharaoh-Necho, in the third month of his reign; and he takes
him (Jehoahaz) prisoner, and carries him into Egypt, and imposes tribute on ...
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The Final Conflict.
... It was afterwards memorable for the death of king Josiah, when Pharaoh-necho fought
against him, (2 Kings 23:29); so that the mourning as "in the valley of ...
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The Jewish Institutions and Laws of Far Higher Antiquity than the ...
... He [2062] having disobeyed Jeremiah the prophet, was slain by Pharaoh Necho king
of Egypt ... Necho king of Egypt bound him and led him to Egypt, after making his ...
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The Sixth vision "On Earth"
... For there Deborah and Barak destroyed Sisera and his host (Judges 5:19); there King
Josiah was overthrown by Pharaoh-Necho, king of Egypt (2 Kings 23:29.2 ...
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CHAP. I. -II. 3 (II. 1).
... To it also belonged the plain near the town of Megiddo, where Josiah, in the battle
against Pharaoh-Necho, was mortally wounded. Compare Rosenmueller, Alt. ...
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The Greater Prophets.
... It was in connection with this expedition of Nebuchadnezzar that he overthrew the
army of Pharaoh-necho at Carchemish on the Euphrates; for that event also ...
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