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This Battle of Megiddo is recorded as having taken place in 609 BC, when Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt led his army to Carchemish (northern Syria) to join with his allies, the fading Neo-Assyrian Empire, against the surging Neo-Babylonian Empire. This required passing through territory controlled by the Kingdom of Judah.
Battle of Megiddo may refer to: Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC), between the Egyptians and the Canaanites; Battle of Megiddo (609 BC), between the Egyptians and the Judahites; Battle of Megiddo (1918), between the British Empire and the Ottoman Empire; Armageddon (הַר מְגִדּוֹ Hār Məgīddō), a prophesied catastrophic end-of ...
612 BC Battle of Nineveh (612 BC): Nineveh is destroyed by an alliance of Medians and Babylonians after a mere 3-month siege. 609 BC Battle of Megiddo (609 BC): Egyptians unsuccessfully try to help the Assyrians. 609 BC Fall of Harran: Newly established Assyrian capital at Harran is destroyed by pursuing Median and Babylonian forces.
Battle of Megiddo (15th century BCE): fought between the armies of the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition led by the rulers of Megiddo and Kadesh. Battle of Megiddo (609) BCE: fought between Necho II, pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt, and the Kingdom of Judah, during which King Josiah fell.
609 BCE 609 BCE Battle of Megiddo (609 BC) Twenty-sixth Egyptian dynasty: Kingdom of Judah: 601 BCE 586 BCE Judah's revolts against Babylon: Neo-Babylonian Empire.
The biblical Battle of Megiddo is recorded as having taken place in 609 BC when Pharaoh Necho II of Egypt led his army to Carchemish (northern Syria) to join with his allies, the fading Neo-Assyrian Empire, against the surging Neo-Babylonian Empire. This required passing through territory controlled by the Kingdom of Judah.
Egypt, a former vassal of Assyria, was allied with Assyrian King Ashur-uballit II and marched in 609 BC to his aid against the Babylonians. [8] The Egyptian army of Pharaoh Necho II was delayed at Megiddo by the forces of King Josiah of Judah. Josiah was killed, and his army was defeated at the Battle of Megiddo. [9]
609 BC: Battle of Megiddo: Necho II of Egypt defeats and kills King Josiah of Judah. Fall of Harran: Nabopolassar of Babylonia takes the Assyrian city of Harran, ruled by Ashur-uballit II, ending the Assyrian Empire. Siege of Harran: Egyptian assault of Harran fails. 605 BC: Battle of Carchemish: Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon begins reign by ...