2 Chronicles 35:20–24

Josiah Dies in War

^20aAfter all this, when Josiah had set the ¹house in order, Neco king of Egypt went up to make war at ^bCarchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to meet him.

²¹But ¹Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “^aWhat have I to do with you, O King of Judah? I am not coming against you today but against the house with which I am at war, and God has said for me to hurry. Stop for your own sake from interfering with God who is with me, so that He will not bring you to ruin.”

²²However, Josiah would not turn ¹away from him, but ^adisguised himself in order to make war with him; nor did he listen to the words of Neco ^bfrom the mouth of God, but came to make war on the plain of ^cMegiddo.

²³Then the archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded.”

²⁴So his servants took him out of the chariot and drove him in the second chariot which he had, and brought him to Jerusalem ¹where he died, and he was buried in the tombs of his fathers. ^aAnd all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.