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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 ...
The Battle of Megiddo (fought 15th century BC) was fought between Egyptian forces under the command of Pharaoh Thutmose III and a large rebellious coalition of Canaanite vassal states led by the king of Kadesh. [4] It is the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail. [5]
The successful action at Megiddo resulted in the battle honour "Megiddo" being awarded to units of the British, Dominion and Empire forces participating in the battle. Battle honours for the two subsidiary battles of Sharon and Nablus were also awarded. [91] Edward Erickson, a historian of the Ottoman Army, later wrote:
According to the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Christian Bible, Armageddon (/ ˌ ɑːr m ə ˈ ɡ ɛ d ən / AR-mə-GHED-ən; Ancient Greek: Ἁρμαγεδών, romanized: Harmagedṓn; [1] [2] Late Latin: Armagedōn; [3] from Hebrew: הַר מְגִדּוֹ, romanized: Har Məgīddō) is the prophesied location of a gathering of armies for a battle during the end times ...
The year 609 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar.In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 145 Ab urbe condita.The denomination 609 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
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