On Ethbaal II (reign ca. 591–573 BCE), see Katzenstein 1973: 325-28. For the final calculation (1.159), Josephus either needs the full length of this reign (not given) or must operate on the assumption that the reign ended with the end of the siege (see Gutschmid 547). This very famous siege, which ended with the capitulation of Tyre, probably lasted ca. 585–ca. 573 BCE (Katzenstein 1973: 330-32; Labow 2005: 155, n.117 suggests 598–583 BCE). Josephus believes he can cross-refer from this event to the destruction of Jerusalem (see 1.159). Baal II (ca. 573–564 BCE). He was presumably a puppet king of the Babylonian empire, after the crushing of Tyrian independence.