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29 During Josiah’s reign[a] Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward[b] the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho[c] killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.

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  1. 2 Kings 23:29 tn Heb “In his days.”
  2. 2 Kings 23:29 tn Heb “went up to.” The idiom עַלעָלָה (ʿalahʿal) can sometimes mean “go up against,” but here it refers to Necho’s attempt to aid the Assyrians in their struggle with the Babylonians.
  3. 2 Kings 23:29 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Necho) has been specified in the translation for clarity.