2 Chronicles 35:21-23

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²¹ But Neco sent messengers to Josiah, saying, “King Josiah, ·there should not be war between us [what have we to do with each other? ^Lwhat to me and to you]. I did not come to fight you, but ·my enemies [the kingdom/^Lhouse with which I am at war]. God told me to hurry, and he is on my side. So ·don’t fight [stop opposing] God, ·or he will [so he will not] destroy you.”

²² But Josiah did not ·go [^Lturn his face] away. He ·wore different clothes [disguised himself] ·so no one would know who he was [in order to fight him]. Refusing to listen to ·what Neco said at God’s command [^Lthe words Neco received from God’s mouth], Josiah went to fight on the plain of Megiddo. ²³ In the battle King Josiah was shot by archers. He told his servants, “Take me away because I am badly wounded.”