History · 8 · Josiah and Huldah

Zedekiah's revolt

Babylon's puppet king Zedekiah allied with Egypt in 589 BCE and withheld tribute. Tyre did the same. Babylon responded with overwhelming force.

Emboldened by a rival's weakness.

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Pharaoh Psamtik II's provocative procession through the Levant in 590 had gone unpunished. Egypt's later relief army didn't last.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 127

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