After Josiah’s death and the usurpation of dominion by the Egyptians, the Babylonians were no doubt welcomed as friends 2 Kings 24:1. But the Jews were soon tired of their alliance and disgusted with their friends, and this led to the rebellion of Jehoiakim and the first captivity.
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Ezekiel 23:17
17 And the Babyloniansd came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.