Verse 20
After{H310} all this, when Josiah{H2977} had prepared{H3559} the temple,{H1004} Neco{H5224} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} went up{H5927} to fight{H3898} against Carchemish{H3751} by the Euphrates:{H6578} and Josiah{H2977} went out{H3318} against{H7125} him.
Referenced Verses
- 2 Kgs 23:29-30 : 29 In his days{H3117} Pharaoh-necoh{H6549} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} went up{H5927} against the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} to the river{H5104} Euphrates:{H6578} and king{H4428} Josiah{H2977} went{H3212} against{H7125} him; and [Pharaoh-necoh] slew{H4191} him at Megiddo,{H4023} when he had seen{H7200} him. 30 And his servants{H5650} carried him in a chariot{H7392} dead{H4191} from Megiddo,{H4023} and brought{H935} him to Jerusalem,{H3389} and buried{H6912} him in his own sepulchre.{H6900} And the people{H5971} of the land{H776} took{H3947} Jehoahaz{H3059} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} and anointed{H4886} him, and made him king{H4427} in his father's{H1} stead.
- Isa 10:9 : 9 Is not Calno{H3641} as Carchemish?{H3751} is not Hamath{H2574} as Arpad?{H774} is not Samaria{H8111} as Damascus?{H1834}
- Jer 46:2-9 : 2 Of Egypt:{H4714} concerning the army{H2428} of Pharaoh-neco{H6549} king{H4428} of Egypt,{H4714} which was by the river{H5104} Euphrates{H6578} in Carchemish,{H3751} which Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} smote{H5221} in the fourth{H7243} year{H8141} of Jehoiakim{H3079} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} king{H4428} of Judah.{H3063} 3 Prepare{H6186} ye the buckler{H4043} and shield,{H6793} and draw near{H5066} to battle.{H4421} 4 Harness{H631} the horses,{H5483} and get up,{H5927} ye horsemen,{H6571} and stand forth{H3320} with your helmets;{H3553} furbish{H4838} the spears,{H7420} put on{H3847} the coats{H5630} of mail. 5 Wherefore have I seen{H7200} it? they are dismayed{H2844} and are turned{H5472} backward;{H268} and their mighty ones{H1368} are beaten down,{H3807} and are fled{H5127} apace,{H4498} and look not back:{H6437} terror{H4032} is on every side,{H5439} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068} 6 Let not the swift{H7031} flee away,{H5127} nor the mighty man{H1368} escape;{H4422} in the north{H6828} by{H3027} the river{H5104} Euphrates{H6578} have they stumbled{H3782} and fallen.{H5307} 7 Who is this that riseth up{H5927} like the Nile,{H2975} whose waters{H4325} toss{H1607} themselves like the rivers?{H5104} 8 Egypt{H4714} riseth up{H5927} like the Nile,{H2975} and his waters{H4325} toss{H1607} themselves like the rivers:{H5104} and he saith,{H559} I will rise up,{H5927} I will cover{H3680} the earth;{H776} I will destroy{H6} cities{H5892} and the inhabitants{H3427} thereof. 9 Go up,{H5927} ye horses;{H5483} and rage,{H1984} ye chariots;{H7393} and let the mighty men{H1368} go forth:{H3318} Cush{H3568} and Put,{H6316} that handle{H8610} the shield;{H4043} and the Ludim,{H3866} that handle{H8610} and bend{H1869} the bow.{H7198} 10 For that day is [a day]{H3117} of the Lord,{H136} Jehovah{H136} of hosts,{H6635} a day{H3117} of vengeance,{H5360} that he may avenge{H5358} him of his adversaries:{H6862} and the sword{H2719} shall devour{H398} and be satiate,{H7646} and shall drink{H7301} its fill of their blood;{H1818} for the Lord,{H136} Jehovah{H3069} of hosts,{H6635} hath a sacrifice{H2077} in the north{H6828} country{H776} by the river{H5104} Euphrates.{H6578} 11 Go up{H5927} into Gilead,{H1568} and take{H3947} balm,{H6875} O virgin{H1330} daughter{H1323} of Egypt:{H4714} in vain{H7723} dost thou use many{H7235} medicines;{H7499} there is no healing{H8585} for thee. 12 The nations{H1471} have heard{H8085} of thy shame,{H7036} and the earth{H776} is full of thy cry;{H6682} for the mighty{H1368} man{H1368} hath stumbled{H3782} against the mighty,{H1368} they are fallen{H5307} both{H8147} of them together.{H3162}