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2 Chronicles 35:20-27

35:20 After Josiah had done all this for the temple, ¹  King Necho of Egypt marched up to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. ²  Josiah marched out to oppose him. 35:21 Necho ³  sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? ⁴  I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. ⁵  God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” ⁶  35:22 But Josiah did not turn back from him; ⁷  he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously ⁸  the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo. ⁹  35:23 Archers shot King Josiah; the king ordered his servants, “Take me out of this chariot, ¹⁰  for I am seriously wounded.” 35:24 So his servants took him out of the chariot, put him in another chariot that he owned, and brought him to Jerusalem, ¹¹  where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors; ¹²  all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah. 35:25 Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments.

35:26 The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign, including the faithful acts he did in obedience to what is written in the law of the Lord ¹³  35:27 and his accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded ¹⁴  in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah.