Neo-Babylonian Empire Necho II had become king of Egypt, so he continued his father's policy in aiding Assyria, and in order to give Egypt a voice in the politics of the ancient East, and to keep the weak Assyria as a barrier between him and the new dangerous powers in the East, and finally to restore the empire Egyptian lost in Syria and Palestine.
In 609 BC, the Assyrian king Ashur-Upalit II retook Harran with Egyptian support and the battle ended with the defeat of the Babylonians.
Later in the year, the Egyptian force crossed the Euphrates and defeated the Babylonian army at Quramati, south and east of Kimuhu.
There, in Megiddo, Josiah, king of Judah, objected to the Egyptian army, and Nechau warned him of the goodness, but he did not yield to him.
The pharaoh received a large compensation from Judah, then appointed Eliakim in the place of his brother, then Necho landed with the property of the House of David.