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pharaoh_n pharaoh-hophra_a pharaoh_n 44.30_o pharaoh-hophra_a kofra_fw-mi as_o much_o as_o to_o say_v king_n necho_n king_n kophra_n pharaoh_n be_v bare_o a_o name_n of_o dignity_n as_o with_o we_o the_o name_n of_o emperor_n or_o king_n be_v in_o which_o year_n for_o he_o reign_v but_o six_o month_n cambyses_n the_o son_n of_o darius_n with_o a_o strong_a army_n invade_v and_o conquer_v egypt_n and_o take_v psammenitus_n captive_a put_v to_o death_n banish_v and_o destroy_v all_o before_o he_o and_o reduce_v the_o country_n to_o a_o province_n in_o which_o subjection_n of_o the_o persian_n it_o remain_v above_o a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n till_o the_o reign_n of_o artaxerxes_n longimanus_fw-la in_o who_o time_n the_o egyptian_n set_v up_o one_o inarus_n son_n of_o psammitichus_n before_o king_n of_o lybia_n who_o in_o the_o beginning_n govern_v happy_o till_o artaxerxes_n with_o a_o great_a fleet_n and_o army_n come_v upon_o they_o out_o of_o phoenicia_n unaware_o and_o soon_o 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