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Josiah (/ dʒ oʊ ˈ s aɪ. ə /) [1] [2] or Yoshiyahu [a] was the 16th King of Judah (c. 640 –609 BCE). According to the Hebrew Bible , he instituted major religious reforms by removing official worship of gods other than Yahweh .
The Judaean king Josiah refused to let the Egyptians pass. [3] The Judaean forces battled the Egyptians at Megiddo , resulting in Josiah's death and his kingdom becoming a vassal state of Egypt. The battle is recorded in the Hebrew Bible , the Greek 1 Esdras , and the writings of Jewish historian Josephus .
Jehoiakim was appointed king by Necho II, king of Egypt, in 609 BC, after Necho's return from the battle in Harran, three months after he had killed King Josiah at Megiddo. [5] Necho deposed Jehoiakim's younger brother Jehoahaz after a reign of only three months and took him to Egypt, where he died. Jehoiakim ruled originally as a vassal of the ...
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]
Josiah reigned for 31 years (2 Kings 21:19, 22:1) and began to reign after the short two-year reign of Amon. Manasseh's last year, 33 years earlier, would be 643/642 BC. The length of Manasseh's reign is given as 55 years in 2 Kings 20:21. Assuming non-accession reckoning, as he usually did for coregencies, Thiele determined 54 "actual" years ...
King Solomon c. 923 BC–c. 913 BC [citation needed] King Rehoboam of Judah, prophecy of Shemaiah c. 922 BC–c. 910 BC [citation needed] King Jeroboam of Israel, prophecy of Ahijah c. 913 BC–c. 910 BC [citation needed] King Asa of Judah. prophecies of Elijah, Micaiah, and Elisha. c. 837 BC–c. 800 BC [citation needed] King Joash of Judah
The article deals with the biblical and historical kings of the Land of Israel—Abimelech of Sichem, the three kings of the United Kingdom of Israel and those of its successor states, Israel and Judah, followed in the Second Temple period, part of classical antiquity, by the kingdoms ruled by the Hasmonean and Herodian dynasties.
Thiele's dates are tied to the reign of Amon's son Josiah, whose death at the hands of Pharaoh Necho II occurred in the summer of 609. The battle in which Josiah is said to have died, which is independently confirmed in Egyptian history, [9] places the end of Amon's reign, 31 years earlier, in 641 or 640 and the beginning of his rule in 643 or ...