2 Chronicles 35:21-23

Evangelical Heritage Version

²¹ Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What do we have to do with each other, King of Judah? I am not against you this day, but only against the house^[a] against which I am waging war. God has said that I should hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, so he will not destroy you.”

²² But Josiah did not turn aside from him. Instead, he disguised himself to fight with him. He did not listen to the words of Neco, which were from the mouth of God, but he went out to battle on the plain near Megiddo.

²³ The archers shot King Josiah, so the king said to his attendants, “Take me away, because I am badly wounded.”