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SECOND BOOK OF KINGS XXIII. 43
list the Insertion of the names of the kings Jakinlti of
Arados and Amminadab of Ammon, in place of Matanba'al
and Puduilu in the list of Asarhaddon, is a proof that we
have before us a special catalogue, independent in Its kind
and drawn up with a purpose, and which takes account of
the changes that had occurred in the interval in the occu-
pants of the throne*. We cannot avoid the conclusion
that Manasseh was tributary to the Assyrian Great King
during the latter part of Asarhaddon's reign, and at all
events during the earlier part of the reign of Asurbanipal.
See also the notes on 2 Chron. XXXIII. 11—13.
XXIII. 29. In his time Pharao Necho (HD?), hing of
Aegypt, advanced against the hing of Assyria, on the river
Euphrates. An Aegyptian kingNI-ku-u, i. e. Necho, is
also mentioned in the Assyrian inscriptions, viz. in the
annals of Asurbanipal (Smith's Assurb. 20, 92 =111 Rawl.
17, 92; V Rawl. 1, 90). He there appears with the title
§ar Ir Ml-im-pi u ir Sa-al "king of Memphis and Sals"
along with a series of other Aegyptian kings, who had
submitted to the Assyrian. But the king there referred-to
Is Necho I, who reigned until 664 (658?) B. C, and con-
sequently he is not the monarch intended by the Hebrew
historian (Josiah did not ascend the throne till 639 B. C). 358
The Necho II who reigned 611—605 is not mentioned
either on Babylonian or Assyrian monuments.
against the hing of Assyria. The reader Is aware that
It is a disputed point whether we are actually to under-
* Zur Kritik der Inschriften Tigl.-Pil. II, p. 35. Thus what I
stated in Keilinsch. u. Gesch. pp. 51 foil, under no. 8 can now he
asserted much more positively.— [The reader will also notice that
Asurhanipal's inscription prefers m^t 'land' to the use of ir 'city' in
Asarhaddon's list— Transl.]