This paper by Ivan Ladynin shows that there is no real evidence to suppose that Apries was supported by Nebuchadnezzar at all, nor that he was an ex-pat in Babylon. Rather, Josephus was aware, as were the Jewish scribes who read Jeremiah, that Babylon fought against Apries, in support of Amasis.
By placing Amasis in power, Babylon succeeded in greatly limiting Egypt’s international presence in the Eastern Mediterranean until Nebuchadnezzar’s death, which was his goal.
The naval force that supported Apries is thought by Ladynin to be Greek. It doesn’t make sense to imagine Babylon as entering with a shipped force. But the Babylonian presence is mentioned by Amasis’ chroniclers, and is downplayed because he survived the foreigners which put him in power, and it wasn’t in his political interest to show how Babylon supported his coup. https://istina.msu.ru/media/publications/article/1e3/4f2/2758543/The_Elephantine_Stela_of_Amasis_Endl.pdf
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