2Ch 35:20-24 | NASB1995 | STEP | After all this , when Josiah had set the temple in order , Neco king of Egypt came up to make war at Carchemish on the Euphrates , and Josiah went out to engage him.

2 Chronicles 35:20-24

Josiah Dies in Battle

20 ^aAfter all this, when Josiah had set the ^{▼▼ Lit house}temple in order, Neco king of Egypt came up to make war at ^cCarchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to engage him. 21 But ^{▼▼ Lit he}Neco sent messengers to him, saying, ^e“What have we to do with each other, O King of Judah? I am not coming against you today but against the house with which I am at war, and God has ordered me to hurry. Stop for your own sake from interfering with God who is with me, so that He will not destroy you.” 22 However, Josiah would not turn ^{▼▼ Lit his face}away from him, but ^gdisguised himself in order to make war with him; nor did he listen to the words of Neco ^hfrom the mouth of God, but came to make war on the plain of ⁱMegiddo. 23 The archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded.” 24 So his servants took him out of the chariot and carried him in the second chariot which he had, and brought him to Jerusalem ^{▼▼ Lit and}where he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. ^kAll Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.