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1 Esdras 1:28-30
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Esdras 1:28-30
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
28 The king said to his servants, “Take me away from the battle, for I am very weak.” And immediately his servants took him out of the line of battle. 29 He got into his second chariot, and after he was brought back to Jerusalem he died and was buried in the tomb of his ancestors.
30 In all Judea they mourned for Josiah. The prophet Jeremiah lamented for Josiah, and the principal men, with the women,[a] have made lamentation for him to this day; it was ordained that this should always be done throughout the whole people of Israel.(A)
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- 1.30 Or their wives
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