. The training of the Chosen people. s of the coming of this event could be seen many months be-fore it took place. BothJosiah of Judah andNebah, the Pharaoh ofEgypt, were alert totake advantage of thefeebleness of the pow-er that had been theirmighty over-lord. Theformer improved theopportunity to enlargehis kingdom so that itextended nearly to itsold borders. The lat-ter sought to push thepower oi Egypt even tothe Euphrates. Josiah lost his life at the battle of Me-giddo (608 b. c), in which he attempted to dispute thepassage of Necoh across his territory. The deathof Josiah was a staggering
. The training of the Chosen people. s of the coming of this event could be seen many months be-fore it took place. BothJosiah of Judah andNebah, the Pharaoh ofEgypt, were alert totake advantage of thefeebleness of the pow-er that had been theirmighty over-lord. Theformer improved theopportunity to enlargehis kingdom so that itextended nearly to itsold borders. The lat-ter sought to push thepower oi Egypt even tothe Euphrates. Josiah lost his life at the battle of Me-giddo (608 b. c), in which he attempted to dispute thepassage of Necoh across his territory. The deathof Josiah was a staggering event to the propheticalparty which had supported his reform policies. Theyfound it difficult to explain how Jehovah could per-mit such a disaster to so loyal a servant. The im-mediate effect of this battle was to make Judah thecompulsory vassal of Egypt, but Necoh, intent onavailing himself of the weakness of Nineveh, did notdelay his advance to interfere with the internal affairsof Jerusalem. The prophetical party which held pos-. the monuments. Chapter 37. The Capture of Jerusalem 137 session in Judah at once chose Jehoahaz, the youngerson of Judah, as king, probably because he was friend-ly to their policy. When, three months later, Necohgave his attention to the affairs of Judah, he deposedJehoahaz and sent him in chains to Egypt (2 Ki. 23:33) giving the throne of Judah to Eliakim (Jehoi-akim), the eldest son of Josiah. The ambitious plans of Necoh soon came to a had penetrated as far as the Euphrates, and per-haps may be said to have subjugated Western Asia,but he held dominion by an insecure tenure until heshould have actually vanquished the rising power ofBabylon, before which Nineveh had fallen. Theroyal house of Babylon, like that of Nineveh in theline of Tiglath-pileser, was singularly fortunate in themilitary capacity of its successive representatives, andthere are few names in the history of warfare greaterthan that of Nebuchadnezzar, th
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