Necho
Americannoun
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Four hundred years before Eratosthenes, Africa had been circumnavigated by a Phoenician fleet in the employ of the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Herodotus recounts an earlier voyage that surpassed Nearchus and Pytheas in audacity: around 600, a Phoenician fleet hired by Pharaoh Necho actually circumnavigated the African continent.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
Necho has made peace, and must pay tribute to Ashur.
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Stefan Zweig
The governor attacked by the young Nebuchadnezzar was apparently Necho, who was completely defeated at Carchemish, and expelled from Syria.
From The Old Testament In the Light of The Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia by Theophilus Goldridge Pinches
And Jehoahaz "devoured men" and did evil in the sight of the Lord and was carried away by Pharaoh Necho as a captive into Egypt.
From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Arno C. Gaebelein
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