Jehoiakim, who encouraged the dismantling of Josiah’s reformation. A key event during his reign was the Battle of Carchemish in 605, when Babylonian and Median forces again defeated the armies of Assyria and Egypt. This event had decisive implications for the future of Judah. Judah would thenceforth come under the domination of the Babylonians, who were from that time the people who wanted to control the Levant. The next year saw Nebuchadrezzar3 campaigning there, and Jer 36 gives a dramatic account