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They also represented two principles at war with one another, inside each individual person, even inside seemingly worldly Christian monarchs; thus Augustine could boast approvingly, "...believing [Christian] monarchs of this world came to the city of Rome, as to the head of Babylon: they went not to the temple of the Emperor, but to the [[wikipedia:Saint Peter's tomb|tomb of the Fisherman]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801087.htm#springfield2|title=CHURCH FATHERS: Exposition on Psalm 87 (Augustine), 7.|website=www.newadvent.org|access-date=2017-08-11}}</ref> | They also represented two principles at war with one another, inside each individual person, even inside seemingly worldly Christian monarchs; thus Augustine could boast approvingly, "...believing [Christian] monarchs of this world came to the city of Rome, as to the head of Babylon: they went not to the temple of the Emperor, but to the [[wikipedia:Saint Peter's tomb|tomb of the Fisherman]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1801087.htm#springfield2|title=CHURCH FATHERS: Exposition on Psalm 87 (Augustine), 7.|website=www.newadvent.org|access-date=2017-08-11}}</ref> | ||
In the biblical Book of the Apocalypse, [[wikipedia:Armaggedon|Armaggedon]] (from the [[wikipedia:Hebrew|Hebrew]]: {{Script/Hebrew|הַר מְגִדּוֹ}} ''Har Məgīddō'') is the prophesied location of a gathering of armies for a battle during the [[wikipedia:end time|end time]]s, which is variously interpreted as either a literal or a symbolic location. The term thus has come to be used in a generic sense to refer to any [[wikipedia:eschatology|end of the world]] scenario. The "mount" of [[wikipedia:Tel Megiddo|Megiddo]] in northern Israel was the location of various ancient battles, including [[wikipedia:Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC)|one in the 15th century BC]] and [[wikipedia:Battle of Megiddo (609 BC)|one in 609 BC]]. | |||
The '''Battle of Megiddo''' in 609 BC took place when [[wikipedia:Necho II|Pharaoh Necho II]] of [[wikipedia:Ancient Egypt|Egypt]] led his army to [[wikipedia:Carchemish|Carchemish]] (northern Syria) to join with his allies, the fading [[wikipedia:Neo-Assyrian Empire|Neo-Assyrian Empire]], against the surging [[wikipedia:Neo-Babylonian Empire|Neo-Babylonian Empire]]. This required passing through territory controlled by the [[wikipedia:Kingdom of Judah|Kingdom of Judah]]. The Judaean king [[wikipedia:Josiah|Josiah]] refused to let the Egyptians pass.<ref name="Coogan261">{{cite book |last=Coogan |first=Michael David |author-link=Michael Coogan |title=The Oxford History of the Biblical World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zFhvECwNQD0C&pg=PA261#v=onepage&q=josiah%20%22book%20of%20kings%22%20assyria&f=false |year=2001 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195139372 |page=261}}</ref> The Judaean forces battled the Egyptians at Megiddo, resulting in Josiah's death and his kingdom becoming a vassal state of Egypt. The battle is recorded in the [[wikipedia:Hebrew Bible|Hebrew Bible]], the Greek [[wikipedia:1 Esdras|1 Esdras]], and the writings of [[wikipedia:Josephus|Josephus]]. King Josiah is described as a just and righteous king, who feared the Lord, epitomizing the forces of good in mankind. He was the promoter of a program of religious reform, in which he "began to seek the God of his father David" and he began to destroy the Baalist altars and images throughout Jerusalem and Judah: | |||
{{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=2 Chronicles 34:1-3|inline=false}} | |||
King Josiah restored the [[wikipedia:Solomon's Temple|temple of Jerusalem]], which had been desecrated by the Assyrians after his father King Acaz had created an alliance with the Assyrian Empire: | |||
{{Bible quote|version=NABRE|ref=2 Kings 22:3;2 Chronicles 34:8|inline=false}} | |||
While Necho II gained control of the Kingdom of Judah, the combined Assyrian-Egyptian forces lost to the Babylonians at the [[Fall of Harran]], after which Assyria largely [[Neo-Assyrian Empire#Fall of Assyria, 627–609 BC|ceased to exist]] as an independent state. | |||
=== The rulers of the twin planets === | === The rulers of the twin planets === | ||