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2 Chronicles 35:20-22
New English Translation

Josiah’s Reign Ends

20 After Josiah had done all this for the temple,[a] King Necho of Egypt marched up to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River.[b] Josiah marched out to oppose him. 21 Necho[c] sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah?[d] I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war.[e] God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.”[f] 22 But Josiah did not turn back from him;[g] he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously[h] the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 35:20 tn Heb “After all this, [by] which Josiah prepared the temple.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 35:20 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
  3. 2 Chronicles 35:21 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. 2 Chronicles 35:21 tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”
  5. 2 Chronicles 35:21 tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 35:21 tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”
  7. 2 Chronicles 35:22 tn Heb “and Josiah did not turn his face from him.”
  8. 2 Chronicles 35:22 tn Heb “listen to.”
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