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2 Chronicles 35:21-23
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21 Necho[a] sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah?[b] I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war.[c] God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.”[d] 22 But Josiah did not turn back from him;[e] he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously[f] the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo. 23 Archers shot King Josiah; the king ordered his servants, “Take me out of this chariot,[g] for I am seriously wounded.”

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  1. 2 Chronicles 35:21 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 2 Chronicles 35:21 tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”
  3. 2 Chronicles 35:21 tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 35:21 tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 35:22 tn Heb “and Josiah did not turn his face from him.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 35:22 tn Heb “listen to.”
  7. 2 Chronicles 35:23 tn Heb “carry me away.”
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