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21 But [a]Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “(A)What have I to do with you, O King of Judah? I am not coming against you today but against the house with which I am at war, and God has said for me to hurry. Stop for your own sake from interfering with God who is with me, so that He will not bring you to ruin.” 22 However, Josiah would not turn [b]away from him, but (B)disguised himself in order to make war with him; nor did he listen to the words of Neco (C)from the mouth of God, but came to make war on the plain of (D)Megiddo. 23 Then the archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded.”

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  1. 2 Chronicles 35:21 Lit he
  2. 2 Chronicles 35:22 Lit his face