Josiah Dies in Battle
28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 29 2 Chr. 35:20; Jer. 2:16; 46:2In his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went to the aid of the king of Assyria, to the River Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him. And PharaohNecho killed him at Judg. 5:19; Zech. 12:11Megiddo when he 2 Kin. 14:8confronted him. 30 2 Chr. 35:24; 2 Kin. 22:20Then his servants moved his body in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. And 2 Chr. 36:1–4the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.