Shabataka

Shabataka was the third pharaoh in the 25th Dynasty, who ruled from 585 to 570 B.C. He succeeded Shabaka, and was succeeded by Taharka. Little is known about this pharaoh in either the traditional or revised histories.

Shabataka was the son of Shabaka, son of Rudamon, son of Piankh. As Piankh was the son-in-law of Osorkon III, Shabataka is connected by genealogy to the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd Dynasties. Shabataka had several sons, but the only one important to the revised history is Tanuatamon.

In 585 B.C., Shabaka died after a long reign of 52 years, and passed the throne of pharaoh on to his son, Shabataka. Early in his reign, Shabataka saw the threat of Nebuchadnezzar and Babylon looming over Egypt, and so asked his brother Taharka to come up to the Nile delta and ready his army. However, this was premature, and Shabataka died in 570 B.C. six years before Nebuchadnezzar would invade.

The evidence for the revised history can be found at Displaced Dynasties. Evidence concerning this pharaoh specifically can be found here.