2 Chronicles 35:21-27
35:21 Necho
1 sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah?
2 I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war.
3 God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.”
4
35:22 But Josiah did not turn back from him;
5 he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously
6 the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo.
7
35:23 Archers shot King Josiah; the king ordered his servants, “Take me out of this chariot,
8 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,
9 where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors;
10 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 11
35:27 and his accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded 12 in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”
3 tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”
4 tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”
5 tn Heb “and Josiah did not turn his face from him.”
6 tn Heb “listen to.”
7 map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.
8 tn Heb “carry me away.”
9 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
10 tn Heb “fathers.”
11 tn Heb “and his faithful acts according to what is written in the law of the Lord.”
12 tn Heb “look, they are written.”