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Page - Expedition of Neco against Carchemish on the Euphrates
162 - Interference and Defeat of Josiah not alluded to on the Monuments
164 - Defeat of Neco by the Babylonians; consequent Capture of Jerusalem by them
166 - Jehoiachin deposed by Nebuchadnezzar. Captives taken to Babylon. Message to Psamaticus II. from the Eleans respecting the Olympic Games
167 - Apries or Pharaoh-Hophra obliges the Chaldeans to raise the Siege of Jerusalem
168 - Prophecies relating to this Period. Prosperous Commencement of Apries's Reign
169 - Recovers Phœnicia and Palestine. Expedition against the Cyreneans. Revolt of the Army
170 - Amasis sent to recall the Troops to their Duty; is chosen King by them
171 - Cruel Treatment of Patarbemis by Apries. Amasis defeats and takes Apries prisoner, and succeeds to the Throne
172 - Apries put to death
173 - Prophecy concerning him and others, in Jeremiah and Ezekiel, relating to the Events which followed his Dethronement and Death
176, 177 - Nebuchadnezzar probably placed Amasis on the Throne of Apries
178 - Title of Melek given to Amasis. Psamaticus III. and Apries, if the same. Amasis married the Daughter of Psamaticus III. Herodotus, Athenæus, and Diodorus's Account of his Rise
179 - Flourishing Condition of Egypt under Amasis; how reconciled with Prophecy
180 - Amasis takes Cyprus. Settlement of Greeks at Naucratis, and his Liberality to the Greeks
182 - Amasis and Polycrates. Their Friendship. Amasis writes a Letter to him
184 - Polycrates follows his Advice, and throws his Ring into the Sea. Story of the Fisherman
186 - His Ring discovered on opening the Fish. Amasis disclaims all Friendship with him
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