2 Chronicles 35:20-26

2 Chronicles 35:20-26

[20] After  all this, when Josiah  had prepared  the temple,  Necho  king  of Egypt  came up  to fight  against Carchemish  by Euphrates:  and Josiah  went out  against  [21] But he sent  ambassadors  to him, saying,  What have I to do with thee, thou king  of Judah?  I come not against thee this day,  but against the house  wherewith I have war:  for God  commanded  me to make haste:  forbear  thee from meddling with God,  who is with me, that he destroy  thee not. [22] Nevertheless Josiah  would not turn  his face  from him, but disguised  himself, that he might fight  with him, and hearkened  not unto the words  of Necho  from the mouth  of God,  and came  to fight  in the valley  of Megiddo.  [23] And the archers  at king  Josiah;  and the king  said  to his servants,  Have me away;  for I am sore  wounded.  [24] His servants  therefore took  him out of that chariot,  and put  him in the second  chariot  him to Jerusalem,  and he died,  and was buried  in one of the sepulchres  of his fathers.  And all Judah  and Jerusalem  mourned  for Josiah.  [25] And Jeremiah  lamented  for Josiah:  and all the singing men  spake  of Josiah  in their lamentations  to this day,  and made  them an ordinance  in Israel:  and, behold, they are written  in the lamentations.  [26] Now the rest  of the acts  of Josiah,  and his goodness,  according to that which was written  in the law  of the LORD,