- Necho:
- Pharaoh, the lame, says the Targumist. "In his daysª Pharaohnechohª kingª of Egyptª went upª° against¹ the kingª of Assyriaª to¹ the riverª Euphrates:ª and kingª Josiahª went²°¹ against²°¹ him; and he slewª° him at Megiddo,ª when he had seenª° him. ... And his servantsª carried¹ him in a chariot²° deadª° from Megiddo,ª¹ and broughtª° him to Jerusalem,ª and buriedª° him in his own sepulchre.ª And the peopleª of the landª tookª°¹ Jehoahazª the sonª of Josiah,ª and anointedª° him, and made him kingª°¹ in his father's² stead.¹¹" {2Kg 23:29-30}, Pharaoh-necho, "Against Egypt,ª against¹ the armyª of Pharaohnechoª kingª of Egypt,ª which¹ was¹ by¹ the riverª Euphratesª in Carchemish,ª which¹ Nebuchadrezzarª kingª of Babylonª smoteª° in the fourthª yearª of Jehoiakimª the sonª of Josiahª kingª of Judah.ª ... The nationsª have heardª° of thy shame,ª and thy cryª hath filledª° the land:ª for¹ the mighty manª hath stumbledª° against the mighty,ª [and] they are fallenª° bothª together.ª" {Jer 46:2-12}
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