2 Chronicles 35:20–27

Josiah Dies in Battle

^20cAfter all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against ^dCarchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him. ²¹But he sent messengers to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, king of Judah? I have not come against you this day, but against the house with which I have war; for God commanded me to make haste. Refrain from meddling with God, who is with me, lest He destroy you.” ²²Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but ^edisguised himself so that he might fight with him, and did not heed the words of Necho from the mouth of God. So he came to fight in the Valley of Megiddo.

²³And the archers shot King Josiah; and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am severely wounded.” ^24fHis servants therefore took him out of that chariot and put him in the second chariot that he had, and they brought him to Jerusalem. So he died, and was buried in one of the tombs of his fathers. And ^gall Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

²⁵Jeremiah also ^hlamented for ⁱJosiah. And to this day ^jall the singing men and the singing women speak of Josiah in their lamentations. ^kThey made it a custom in Israel; and indeed they are written in the Laments.

²⁶Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his goodness, according to what was written in the Law of the Lord, ²⁷and his deeds from first to last, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.