2Ch 35:20-24 | NASB2020 | STEP | After all this , when Josiah had set the temple in order , Neco king of Egypt came up to wage 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 wage war at ^cCarchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to engage him. 21 But ^{▼▼Lit he}Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “ ^{▼▼Lit What to me and to you, an ancient idiom
,} ^fWhat business do you have with me, King of Judah? I am not coming against you today, but against the house with which I am at war, and God has told me to hurry. For your own sake, stop interfering with God who is with me, so that He does not destroy you.” 22 However, Josiah would not turn ^{▼▼Lit his face}away from him, but ^hdisguised himself in order to fight against him; nor did he listen to the words of Neco ⁱfrom the mouth of God, but he came to wage war on the plain of ^jMegiddo. 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 on 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. ^lAll Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.