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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Is not (A)Calno (B)like Carchemish?
Is not Hamath like Arpad?
Is not Samaria (C)like Damascus?

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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. 30 (D)Then his servants moved his body in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. And (E)the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.

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Footnotes

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

Against (A)Egypt.

(B)Concerning the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, which was by the River Euphrates in Carchemish, and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon (C)defeated in the (D)fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

“Order[a] the [b]buckler and shield,
And draw near to battle!
Harness the horses,
And mount up, you horsemen!
Stand forth with your helmets,
Polish the spears,
(E)Put on the armor!
Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back?
Their mighty ones are beaten down;
They have speedily fled,
And did not look back,
For (F)fear was all around,” says the Lord.
“Do not let the swift flee away,
Nor the mighty man escape;
They will (G)stumble and fall
Toward the north, by the River Euphrates.

“Who is this coming up (H)like a flood,
Whose waters move like the rivers?
Egypt rises up like a flood,
And its waters move like the rivers;
And he says, ‘I will go up and cover the earth,
I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.’
Come up, O horses, and rage, O chariots!
And let the mighty men come forth:
[c]The Ethiopians and [d]the Libyans who handle the shield,
And the Lydians (I)who handle and bend the bow.
10 For this is (J)the day of the Lord God of hosts,
A day of vengeance,
That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries.
(K)The sword shall devour;
It shall be [e]satiated and made drunk with their blood;
For the Lord God of hosts (L)has a sacrifice
In the north country by the River Euphrates.

11 “Go(M) up to Gilead and take balm,
(N)O virgin, the daughter of Egypt;
In vain you will use many medicines;
(O)You shall not be cured.
12 The nations have heard of your (P)shame,
And your cry has filled the land;
For the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty;
They both have fallen together.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 46:3 Set in order
  2. Jeremiah 46:3 A small shield
  3. Jeremiah 46:9 Heb. Cush
  4. Jeremiah 46:9 Heb. Put
  5. Jeremiah 46:10 Filled to the full

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