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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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2 Chronicles 35:21-23
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21 But Necho sent messengers to him, saying, “What quarrel is there, king of Judah, between you and me? It is not you I am attacking at this time, but the house with which I am at war. God has told(A) me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or he will destroy you.”

22 Josiah, however, would not turn away from him, but disguised(B) himself to engage him in battle. He would not listen to what Necho had said at God’s command but went to fight him on the plain of Megiddo.

23 Archers(C) shot King Josiah, and he told his officers, “Take me away; I am badly wounded.”

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