22 But Josiah did not turn away from him; instead, in order to fight with him he disguised himself.C,b He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to the Valley of Megiddoc to fight. 23 The archers shot King Josiah, and he said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am severely wounded!”d 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 ancestors. All Judah and Jerusalem mournede for Josiah. 25 Jeremiah chanted a dirgef over Josiah, and all the male and female singers still speak of Josiah in their dirges today. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Dirges.

26 The rest of the eventsg of Josiah’s reign, along with his deeds of faithful love according to what is written in the law of the Lord, 27 and his words, from beginning to end, are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.