But the fall of Jerusalem obliged it to retire.

The dream of an Asiatic empire was over, and the Pharaoh had more than enough to do to defend himself against his own subjects.
They saw with growing impatience that the power and wealth of the Greek mercenaries continually increased.

The native army had already deserted to Ethiopia; now the priests complained that the revenues of the temples were sacrilegiously confiscated for the support of the foreigner.

In B.C.570 discontent reached a head; civil war broke out between Hophra and his brother-in-law Ahmes or Amasis, which ended in the defeat of Hophra and his loss of the crown.
But Amasis found the Greeks more indispensable than ever, and they were loaded with favours even more than before.

They were moved to Memphis that they might be close to the king, and at the same time overawe the native Egyptians, and Amasis himself married a Greek wife.