![]() ![]() The Vale of Jezreel, near Megiddo, where King Josiah diedįollowing the defeat of the Assyrians at the hands of the Babylonians in 612BC, Ashuruballit III, the last King of Assyria, called on Egypt to support him against the rising superpower Babylon. When Pharaoh Neco of Egypt comes to the aid of Assyria in 610BC, this leads to the death of King Josiah of Judah at the Battle of Megiddo (see 6 on Map 60 ). Nahum celebrates the destruction of Nineveh by the Babylonians in 612BC. ![]() Matters come to a head when, in 612BC, the Babylonians conquer Nineveh, the capital of Assyria (see 5 on Map 60 ). 2 Kings 23:29-35 The Assyrians and the Babylonians have been at war for many years.
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