2 Chronicles 35:21

In context

19It was in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign that this Passover was celebrated. 20When all this was done and Josiah had set the temple in order, Necho king of Egypt came up to give battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah marched out against him. 21Necho sent messengers to him with this word: “What is there between you and me, king of Judah? I am not coming against you today, but against the house I am at war with, and God has told me to hurry. Leave off opposing God, who is with me, or he will destroy you.” 22Josiah, however, would not turn away from him; he disguised himself in order to fight him, and he refused to listen to what Necho said at God’s command. He came to give battle in the valley of Megiddo. 23The archers hit King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Take me out of here, for I am badly wounded.”