2 Kings 23:29

23:29 During Josiah’s reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward ¹  the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho ²  killed him at Megiddo ³  when he saw him.

2 Kings 23:34

23:34 Pharaoh Necho made Josiah’s son Eliakim king in Josiah’s place, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. He took Jehoahaz to Egypt, where he died. ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “went up to.” The idiom עַל…עָלָה (’alah …’al) can sometimes mean “go up against,” but here it refers to Necho’s attempt to aid the Assyrians in their struggle with the Babylonians.

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Necho) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.

⁴ tn Heb “and he took Jehoahaz, and he came to Egypt and he died there.”