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2 Chronicles 35:23
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There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”
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And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
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The archers shot at King Josiah; and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, because I am seriously wounded!”
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And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
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2 Chronicles 35
21 But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty, and God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!”
22 Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.
23 There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”
24 So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.
25 Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.
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