2 Chronicles 35:19-21

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁹ In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josi′ah this passover was kept.

Defeat by Pharaoh Neco and Death of Josiah

²⁰ After all this, when Josi′ah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight at Car′chemish on the Euphra′tes and Josi′ah went out against him. ²¹ But he sent envoys to him, saying, “What have we to do with each other, king of Judah? I am not coming against you this day, but against the house with which I am at war; and God has commanded me to make haste. Cease opposing God, who is with me, lest he destroy you.”