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combatants, so exhausted that none of them returned to their own country. The Chronicles do not mention Necho and the Bible only mentions 'Necho's army', and it is possible that Necho wasn't present and the Egyptian army was just a garrison army. He was dealing with various rebellions in the delta.
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Hama
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Egypt
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Necho II
Nebuchadrezzar II
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Nebuchadnezzar II
Carchemish
Hamath
Gaza
1st Siege of Jerusalem
2nd Siege of Jerusalem
Siege of Tyre
Babylonians
Carchemish

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