2 Chronicles 35:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the bowmen sent their arrows at King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am badly wounded.

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  • 1 Kgs 22:34 : 34 And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.
  • 2 Kgs 8:29 : 29 So King Joram went back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which the bowmen had given him at Ramah, when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram, the son of Ahab, in Jezreel, because he was ill.
  • 2 Kgs 9:24 : 24 Then Jehu took his bow in his hand, and with all his strength sent an arrow, wounding Joram between the arms; and the arrow came out at his heart, and he went down on his face in his carriage.
  • 2 Chr 18:33 : 33 And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.
  • Lam 3:13 : 13 He has let loose his arrows into the inmost parts of my body.
  • Gen 49:23 : 23 He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:

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  • 2 Chr 35:24-25
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    78%

    24 So his servants took him out of the line of war-carriages, and put him in his second carriage and took him to Jerusalem, where he came to his end, and they put his body in the resting-place of his fathers. And in all Judah and Jerusalem there was great weeping for Josiah.

    25 And Jeremiah made a song of grief for Josiah; and to this day Josiah is named by all the makers of melody, men and women, in their songs of grief; they made it a rule in Israel; and the songs are recorded among the songs of grief.

  • 1 Kgs 22:32-35
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    32 So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, Truly, this is the king of Israel; and turning against him, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry.

    33 And when the captains of the war-carriages saw that he was not the king of Israel, they went back from going after him.

    34 And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.

    35 But the fight became more violent while the day went on; and the king was supported in his war-carriage facing the Aramaeans, and the floor of the carriage was covered with the blood from his wound, and by evening he was dead.

  • 2 Chr 18:31-33
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    31 So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, It is the king of Israel. And turning about, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry, and the Lord came to his help, and God sent them away from him.

    32 Now when the captains of the war-carriages saw that he was not the king of Israel, they went back from going after him.

    33 And a certain man sent an arrow from his bow without thought of its direction, and gave the king of Israel a wound where his breastplate was joined to his clothing; so he said to the driver of his war-carriage, Go to one side and take me away out of the army, for I am badly wounded.

  • 1 Sam 31:3-4
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    3 And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

    4 Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take out your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, and falling on it, put an end to himself.

  • 2 Chr 35:20-22
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    20 After all this, and after Josiah had put the house in order, Neco, king of Egypt, went up to make war at Carchemish by the river Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.

    21 But he sent representatives to him, saying, What have I to do with you, O king of Judah? I have not come against you this day, but against those with whom I am at war; and God has given me orders to go forward quickly: keep out of God's way, for he is with me, or he will send destruction on you.

    22 However, Josiah would not go back; but keeping to his purpose of fighting against him, and giving no attention to the words of Neco, which came from God, he went forward to the fight in the valley of Megiddo.

  • 2 Kgs 23:28-30
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    28 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

    29 In his days, Pharaoh-necoh, king of Egypt, sent his armies against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went out against him; and he put him to death at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

    30 And his servants took his body in a carriage from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and put him into the earth there. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and put the holy oil on him and made him king in place of his father.

  • 1 Chr 10:3
    73%

    3 And the fight was going against Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

  • 2 Kgs 9:23-24
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    23 Then Joram, turning his horses in flight, said to Ahaziah, Broken faith, O Ahaziah!

    24 Then Jehu took his bow in his hand, and with all his strength sent an arrow, wounding Joram between the arms; and the arrow came out at his heart, and he went down on his face in his carriage.

  • 2 Chr 24:25
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    25 And when they had gone away from him, (for he was broken with disease,) his servants made a secret design against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they put him to death on his bed; and they put his body into the earth in the town of David, but not in the resting-place of the kings.

  • 2 Chr 21:18
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    18 And after all this the Lord sent on him a disease of the stomach from which it was impossible for him to be made well.

  • 2 Kgs 9:27
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    27 Now when Ahaziah, king of Judah, saw this, he went in flight by the way of the garden house. And Jehu came after him and said, Put him to death in the same way; and they gave him a death-wound in his carriage, on the slope up to Gur, by Ibleam; and he went in flight to Megiddo, where death came to him.

  • Gen 49:23
    69%

    23 He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:

  • 2 Chr 22:6
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    6 And he went back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which they had given him at Ramah when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to Jezreel to see Jehoram, the son of Ahab, because he was ill.

  • Isa 22:3
    68%

    3 All your rulers ... have gone in flight; all your strong ones have gone far away.

  • 2 Kgs 13:15
    68%

    15 Then Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows: and he took bow and arrows.

  • 2 Kgs 8:28-29
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    28 He went with Joram, the son of Ahab, to make war on Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead: and Joram was wounded by the Aramaeans.

    29 So King Joram went back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which the bowmen had given him at Ramah, when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to see Joram, the son of Ahab, in Jezreel, because he was ill.

  • 2 Sam 11:24
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    24 And the archers sent their arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king's servants are dead, and among them is your servant Uriah the Hittite.

  • Isa 21:15
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    15 For they are in flight from the sharp sword, and the bent bow, and from the trouble of war.

  • 2 Kgs 9:15
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    15 But King Joram had gone back to Jezreel to get well from the wounds which the Aramaeans had given him when he was fighting against Hazael, king of Aram.) And Jehu said, If this is your purpose, then let no one get away and go out of the town to give news of it in Jezreel.

  • 2 Sam 1:9
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    9 Then he said to me, Come here to my side, and put me to death, for the pain of death has me in its grip but my life is still strong in me.

  • Jer 10:19
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    19 Sorrow is mine for I am wounded! my wound may not be made well; and I said, Cruel is my disease, I may not be free from it.

  • Lam 3:12
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    12 With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.

  • 1 Kgs 20:37
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    37 Then he came across another man, and said, Give me a wound. And the man gave him a blow wounding him.

  • 2 Chr 35:16
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    16 So everything needed for the worship of the Lord was made ready that same day, for the keeping of the Passover and the offering of burned offerings on the altar of the Lord, as King Josiah had given orders.

  • Ps 64:7
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    7 But God sends out an arrow against them; suddenly they are wounded.

  • Job 16:13
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    13 His bowmen come round about me; their arrows go through my body without mercy; my life is drained out on the earth.

  • Jer 38:26
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    26 Then you are to say to them, I made my request to the king, that he would not send me back to my death in Jonathan's house.

  • 2 Sam 11:20
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    20 If the king is angry and says, Why did you go so near the town for the fight? was it not certain that their archers would be on the wall?

  • Hos 5:13
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    13 When Ephraim saw his disease and Judah his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king; but he is not able to make you well or give you help for your wound.

  • 1 Sam 22:17
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    17 Then the king said to the runners who were waiting near him, Put the priests of the Lord to death; because they are on David's side, and having knowledge of his flight, did not give me word of it. But the king's servants would not put out their hands to make an attack on the Lord's priests.

  • 2 Chr 25:27
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    27 Now from the time when Amaziah gave up worshipping the Lord, they made secret designs against him in Jerusalem; and he went in flight to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him and put him to death there.

  • 2 Chr 33:25
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    25 But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against King Amon, and made his son Josiah king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 22:49
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    49 Then Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, said to Jehoshaphat, Let my men go with yours in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not let them.

  • 2 Chr 32:21
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    21 And the Lord sent an angel who put to death all the men of war and the chiefs and the captains in the army of the king of Assyria. So he went back to his country in shame. And when he came into the house of his god, his sons, the offspring of his body, put him to death there with the sword.