Toward the end of his rule, he learns that Pharaoh Necho plans to pass through Judah on his way to intercept the armies of Babylon and thus help Assyria’s king at Carchemish on the Euphrates River.
वह एक अच्छा राजा था और प्रजा भी उससे बहुत खुश थी । मगर वह अपने राज के 31वें साल में एक भारी भूल कर बैठता है ।