rsv 2Chronicles:35:20-36 SEEK
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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 .
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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 ."
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Nevertheless Josi '
ah would not turn away from him ,
but disguised himself in order to fight with him .
He did not listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God ,
but joined battle in the plain of Megid '
do .
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And the archers shot King Josi '
ah ;
and the king said to his servants , "
Take me away ,
for I am badly wounded ."
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So his servants took him out of the chariot and carried him in his second chariot and brought him to Jerusalem .
And he died ,
and was buried in the tombs of his fathers .
All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josi '
ah .
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Jeremiah also uttered a lament for Josi '
ah ;
and all the singing men and singing women have spoken of Josi '
ah in their laments to this day .
They made these an ordinance in Israel ;
behold ,
they are written in the Laments .
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Now the rest of the acts of Josi '
ah ,
and his good deeds according to what is written in the law of the LORD ,
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and his acts ,
first and last ,
behold ,
they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah .