2 Chronicles 35:20-24 HCSB 20 After all
this that Josiah had prepared for the temple, Neco king of Egypt marched up to
fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him. 21 But Neco sent messengers to him,
saying, "What is the issue between you and me, king of Judah? I
have not come against you today but to the dynasty I am fighting. God told me
to hurry. Stop opposing God who is with me; don't make Him destroy
you!" 22 But
Josiah did not turn away from him; instead, in order to fight with him he
disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco's words from the mouth of God, but
went to the Valley of Megiddo to fight. 23
The archers shot King Josiah, and he said to his servants,
"Take me away, for I am severely wounded!" 24
So his servants took him out of
the war chariot, carried him in his second chariot, and brought him to
Jerusalem. Then he died, and they buried him in the tomb of his fathers. All
Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
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