2 Chronicles 35:20-23

Josiah Dies in War

20 ^aAfter all this, when Josiah had set the ¹house in order, Neco king of Egypt went up to make war at ^bCarchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to meet him. 21 But ¹Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “^aWhat have I to do with you, O King of Judah? I am not coming against you today but against the house with which I am at war, and God has said for me to hurry. Stop for your own sake from interfering with God who is with me, so that He will not bring you to ruin.” 22 However, Josiah would not turn ¹away from him, but ^adisguised himself in order to make war with him; nor did he listen to the words of Neco ^bfrom the mouth of God, but came to make war on the plain of ^cMegiddo. 23 Then the archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded.”