Gaza was captured, and the Jewish king, Josiah, slain in his attempt to bar the way of his unexpected enemy.

Jerusalem surrendered, and a nominee of the Egyptians was placed upon its throne.
The Asiatic empire of the Eighteenth dynasty was thus restored.

But it lasted barely three years.

In B.C.605 the Egyptians were defeated by Nebuchadrezzar under the walls of Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Asia passed into the possession of the Babylonians.

Once more Palestine became a shuttlecock between the kingdoms of the Nile and the Euphrates.
Trusting to the support of Egypt, Zedekiah of Judah revolted from his Babylonian master.