2Chronicles:35:20-36

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* After all this , when Josiah had prepared the temple , Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates ; and Josiah went out against him . * But he sent messengers to him , saying , "What have I to do with you , king of Judah ? I have not come against you this day , but against the house with which I have war ; for God commanded me to make haste . Refrain from meddling with God , who is with me , lest He destroy you ." * Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him , but disguised himself so that he might fight with him , and did not heed the words of Necho from the mouth of God . So he came to fight in the Valley of Megiddo . * And the archers shot King Josiah ; and the king said to his servants , "Take me away , for I am severely wounded ." * His servants therefore took him out of that chariot and put him in the second chariot that he had , and they brought him to Jerusalem . So he died , and was buried in one of the tombs of his fathers . And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah . * Jeremiah also lamented for Josiah . And to this day all the singing men and the singing women speak of Josiah in their lamentations . They made it a custom in Israel ; and indeed they are written in the Laments . * Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his goodness , according to what was written in the Law of the LORD , * and his deeds from first to last , indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah .

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