2 Chronicles 35:23

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The archers shot King Josiah, and he said to his servants, 'Take me away, for I am badly wounded.'

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  • 1 Kgs 22:34 : 34 But someone randomly drew his bow and struck the king of Israel between the sections of his armor. The king told his chariot driver, 'Turn around and get me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded.'
  • 2 Kgs 8:29 : 29 Then King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah in his battle against Hazael king of Aram. Ahaziah son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab because he was wounded.
  • 2 Kgs 9:24 : 24 Then Jehu drew his bow with full strength and shot Joram between his shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he sank down in his chariot.
  • 2 Chr 18:33 : 33 But a man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. The king said to his chariot driver, 'Turn around and get me out of the battle, for I am wounded.'
  • Lam 3:13 : 13 He has pierced my inward parts with the arrows from His quiver.
  • Gen 49:23 : 23 With bitterness, archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility.

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  • 2 Chr 35:24-25
    2 verses
    78%

    24So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in another chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem. There he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

    25Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and all the male and female singers have sung about Josiah in their laments to this day. These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.

  • 1 Kgs 22:32-35
    4 verses
    77%

    32When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, 'Surely this is the king of Israel.' So they turned to attack him. But Jehoshaphat cried out for help.

    33When the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they stopped pursuing him.

    34But someone randomly drew his bow and struck the king of Israel between the sections of his armor. The king told his chariot driver, 'Turn around and get me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded.'

    35The battle raged throughout that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Arameans. But he died that evening, and the blood from his wound ran onto the floor of the chariot.

  • 2 Chr 18:31-33
    3 verses
    76%

    31When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, 'This is the king of Israel!' So they turned to attack him. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; God diverted them away from him.

    32When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from pursuing him.

    33But a man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. The king said to his chariot driver, 'Turn around and get me out of the battle, for I am wounded.'

  • 1 Sam 31:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3The battle grew fierce against Saul. The archers found him, and he was badly wounded by them.

    4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, 'Draw your sword and pierce me with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and abuse me.' But his armor-bearer was too afraid and refused. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.

  • 2 Chr 35:20-22
    3 verses
    74%

    20After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, marched up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates. Josiah went out to meet him.

    21But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, 'What quarrel is there between you and me, king of Judah? I am not coming against you today but against the house with which I am at war. God has told me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you.'

    22But Josiah refused to turn away from him. Instead, he disguised himself to engage him in battle. He did not heed the words of Neco, which were spoken at God's command. So he went to fight him in the valley of Megiddo.

  • 2 Kgs 23:28-30
    3 verses
    74%

    28The rest of the acts of Josiah, all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

    29During his reign, Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went to fight against the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah marched out to meet him, but Necho killed him at Megiddo when they faced each other.

    30His servants brought his body by chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.

  • 1 Chr 10:3
    73%

    3The battle pressed hard against Saul, and the archers found him and wounded him badly.

  • 2 Kgs 9:23-24
    2 verses
    71%

    23Joram turned around and fled, calling out to Ahaziah, 'Treachery, Ahaziah!'

    24Then Jehu drew his bow with full strength and shot Joram between his shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he sank down in his chariot.

  • 2 Chr 24:25
    69%

    25When the Arameans withdrew, leaving Joash severely wounded, his officials conspired against him for murdering the sons of Jehoiada the priest. They killed him on his bed, and he died. He was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

  • 2 Chr 21:18
    69%

    18After all these events, the Lord afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease in his intestines.

  • 2 Kgs 9:27
    69%

    27When Ahaziah king of Judah saw this, he fled along the road to Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him, shouting, 'Shoot him too!' They struck him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam, but he fled to Megiddo and died there.

  • Gen 49:23
    69%

    23With bitterness, archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility.

  • 2 Chr 22:6
    69%

    6Jehoram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received at Ramoth while fighting against Hazael, king of Aram. Then Azariah (also called Ahaziah), son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to visit Jehoram, son of Ahab, in Jezreel because he was wounded.

  • Isa 22:3
    68%

    3All your rulers have fled together; they were captured without a bow. All who were found were bound together, though they had fled far away.

  • 2 Kgs 13:15
    68%

    15Elisha said to him, 'Take a bow and arrows.' So he took a bow and arrows.

  • 2 Kgs 8:28-29
    2 verses
    68%

    28Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to fight against Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth Gilead. The Arameans wounded Joram in the battle.

    29Then King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah in his battle against Hazael king of Aram. Ahaziah son of Jehoram, king of Judah, went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab because he was wounded.

  • 2 Sam 11:24
    68%

    24Then the archers shot arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king’s men died. Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.

  • Isa 21:15
    67%

    15For they fled from swords, from drawn swords, from bent bows, and from the severity of battle.

  • 2 Kgs 9:15
    67%

    15But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Jehu said, 'If this is your will, let no one escape from the city to report this in Jezreel.'

  • 2 Sam 1:9
    67%

    9He said to me, 'Please stand over me and kill me, for I am in agony and my life still lingers in me.'

  • Jer 10:19
    67%

    19Woe to me because of my brokenness! My wound is incurable. Yet I said, 'This is my suffering, and I must endure it.'

  • Lam 3:12
    67%

    12He has bent His bow and made me the target for His arrows.

  • 1 Kgs 20:37
    67%

    37The prophet found another man and said, 'Please strike me.' So the man struck him and wounded him.

  • 2 Chr 35:16
    67%

    16So all the service of the LORD was arranged that day to observe the Passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, as commanded by King Josiah.

  • Ps 64:7
    67%

    7They devise unjust schemes, saying, 'We have perfected a cunning plan!'; truly the inward mind and heart of man are deep.

  • Job 16:13
    67%

    13His archers surround me and pierce my kidneys without mercy; he pours my gall on the ground.

  • Jer 38:26
    67%

    26then tell them, ‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house to die there.’"

  • 2 Sam 11:20
    66%

    20if the king becomes angry and asks, "Why did you go so near the city to fight? Didn’t you know they would shoot arrows from the wall?

  • Hos 5:13
    66%

    13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to the great king for help. But he cannot heal you or cure your wound.

  • 1 Sam 22:17
    66%

    17Then the king ordered the guards standing by him, 'Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because they are allies of David. They knew he was fleeing but didn’t inform me.' But the king's servants were unwilling to raise their hands to strike the priests of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 25:27
    66%

    27From the time Amaziah turned away from following the LORD, a conspiracy was formed against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent men after him to Lachish and killed him there.

  • 2 Chr 33:25
    66%

    25But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 22:49
    66%

    49Jehoshaphat built ships to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail because they were wrecked at Ezion-Geber.

  • 2 Chr 32:21
    66%

    21And the LORD sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and leaders and officials in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew in disgrace to his own land. When he went into the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him there with the sword.