29 (A)In his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went [a]to the aid of the king of Assyria, to the River Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him. And Pharaoh Necho killed him at (B)Megiddo when he (C)confronted him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 23:29 Or to attack, Heb. al can mean together with or against

29 While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Necho(A) king of Egypt went up to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to meet him in battle, but Necho faced him and killed him at Megiddo.(B)

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And (A)the king of Egypt did not come out of his land anymore, for (B)the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates.

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The king of Egypt(A) did not march out from his own country again, because the king of Babylon(B) had taken all his territory, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

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Josiah Dies in Battle(A)

20 (B)After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against (C)Carchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.

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The Death of Josiah(A)

20 After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Necho king of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish(B) on the Euphrates,(C) and Josiah marched out to meet him in battle.

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