2 Kings 23:29

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

During 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.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    In his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. And King Josiah went out against him; and he was killed at Megiddo when he had seen him.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and [Pharaoh-necoh] slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    In his tyme wete Pharao Necho ye kynge of Egipte vp agaynst the kynge of Assyria by the water Euphrates. But kynge Iosias wente agaynst him, and dyed at Megiddo, wha he had sene him.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    In his dayes Pharaoh Nechoh King of Egypt went vp against the King of Asshur to the riuer Perath; King Iosiah went against him, whome when Pharaoh sawe, he slewe him at Megiddo.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    In his dayes Pharao Necho king of Egypt went vp against the king of Assyria to the riuer of Euphrates: And king Iosia went against him, and was slaine of him at Megiddo when he had seene him.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and [Pharaoh Necoh] killed him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    In his days hath Pharaoh-Nechoh king of Egypt come up against the king of Asshur, by the river Phrat, and king Josiah goeth out to meet him, and he putteth him to death in Megiddo, when he seeth him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and `Pharaoh-necoh' slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and [Pharaoh-necoh] slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and [Pharaoh Necoh] killed him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    During Josiah’s reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 46:2 : 2 Concerning Egypt: about the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was at the Euphrates River in Carchemish and was defeated by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah.
  • Zech 12:11 : 11 On that day, the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad-Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
  • 2 Chr 35:20-24 : 20 After 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. 21 But 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.' 22 But 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. 23 The archers shot King Josiah, and he 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 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.
  • Judg 5:19 : 19 Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.
  • 1 Kgs 4:12 : 12 Baana, son of Ahilud, was in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-Shean near Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-Shean to Abel-Meholah and beyond to Jokmeam.
  • 2 Kgs 9:27 : 27 When 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.
  • 2 Kgs 14:8 : 8 Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, son of Jehu, king of Israel, with this challenge: 'Come, let us face each other in battle.'
  • 2 Kgs 14:11 : 11 But Amaziah refused to listen. So Jehoash king of Israel advanced, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other in battle at Beth Shemesh in Judah.
  • 2 Kgs 22:20 : 20 Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your ancestors, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster that I am going to bring upon this place.’” Then they brought back word to the king.
  • 2 Kgs 23:33-35 : 33 Pharaoh Necho imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath to keep him from reigning in Jerusalem and imposed a tribute on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 34 Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt, where he died. 35 Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh the silver and gold, but he taxed the land to meet Pharaoh’s demands. He exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, each according to his assessment, to pay Pharaoh Necho.
  • 2 Kgs 24:7 : 7 The king of Egypt did not march out of his own land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
  • Eccl 8:14 : 14 There is a futility that takes place on the earth: righteous people receive what the wicked deserve, and wicked people receive what the righteous deserve. I said, 'This too is vanity.'
  • Eccl 9:1-2 : 1 So I reflected on all this and set my heart to examine it: that the righteous, the wise, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether love or hatred awaits them; everything lies before them. 2 Everything happens alike to everyone: the same fate comes to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the pure and the impure, to those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. As with the good person, so with the sinner; as with those who swear oaths, so with those who avoid them.
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; faithful people are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. 2 They find peace; they rest in their beds—those who walk in uprightness.
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments and His ways beyond tracing out!
  • Rev 16:16 : 16 Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
  • Josh 17:11 : 11 Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh possessed Beth-shean and its villages, Ibleam and its villages, the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, the inhabitants of En-dor and its villages, the inhabitants of Taanach and its villages, the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages, and the three regions of Napheth.
  • Judg 1:27 : 27 Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its surrounding villages, or Taanach and its surrounding villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its surrounding villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its surrounding villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its surrounding villages. The Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.

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  • 2 Chr 35:20-24
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    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.

    23The archers shot King Josiah, and he said to his servants, 'Take me away, for I am badly wounded.'

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 23:33-35
    3 verses
    78%

    33Pharaoh Necho imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath to keep him from reigning in Jerusalem and imposed a tribute on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

    34Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt, where he died.

    35Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh the silver and gold, but he taxed the land to meet Pharaoh’s demands. He exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, each according to his assessment, to pay Pharaoh Necho.

  • 2 Kgs 23:30
    77%

    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.

  • 2 Kgs 23:28
    77%

    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?

  • Jer 46:2
    77%

    2Concerning Egypt: about the army of Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, which was at the Euphrates River in Carchemish and was defeated by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah.

  • 2 Kgs 24:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5The rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

    6Jehoiakim rested with his ancestors, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

    7The king of Egypt did not march out of his own land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

  • 2 Kgs 9:27
    71%

    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.

  • Jer 44:30
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    30This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will hand Pharaoh Hophra, king of Egypt, over to his enemies who want to kill him, just as I handed Zedekiah, king of Judah, over to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life.

  • 2 Kgs 21:26
    70%

    26He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and his son Josiah became king in his place.

  • 2 Chr 33:25
    70%

    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.

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    4The king of Egypt made Eliakim, his brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz, his brother, and brought him to Egypt.

  • Isa 19:23
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    23In that day, there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria, and the Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.

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    13This is the word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, coming to strike the land of Egypt.

  • Jer 26:22-23
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    22Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor and some others went with him.

    23They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him struck down with the sword and threw his body into the burial place of the common people.

  • Jer 37:7
    68%

    7This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: You are to tell this to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of me: 'Pharaoh's army, which has marched out to help you, will return to its own land, to Egypt.'

  • 2 Kgs 21:24
    68%

    24But the people of the land struck down all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made Josiah, his son, king in his place.

  • 2 Kgs 24:1
    68%

    1During Jehoiakim's reign, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.

  • Ezek 29:2
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    2Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and all Egypt.

  • 2 Kgs 13:9
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    9Jehoahaz rested with his ancestors, and he was buried in Samaria. Then his son Joash became king in his place.

  • 2 Chr 35:26-27
    2 verses
    67%

    26The rest of the deeds of Josiah and his acts of devotion, as written in the Law of the LORD,

    27and his earlier and later deeds, are recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

  • Ezek 32:31
    67%

    31Pharaoh will see them and will be comforted for all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.

  • 2 Kgs 15:29
    67%

    29In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali. He took the people into exile to Assyria.

  • 2 Kgs 23:16-17
    2 verses
    67%

    16Josiah turned, saw the graves that were on the hill, and sent men to take the bones from the graves. He burned them on the altar and defiled it according to the word of the LORD, as the man of God had proclaimed, who had foretold these things.

    17He asked, 'What is this monument that I see?’ The men of the city replied, 'It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things that you have done to the altar at Bethel.'

  • Jer 43:11
    67%

    11He will come and attack the land of Egypt. Those destined for death will go to death, those destined for captivity to captivity, and those destined for the sword to the sword.

  • Ezek 30:10-11
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    10This is what the Lord God says: 'I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.'

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  • Jer 25:19
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    19Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people.

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  • 1 Kgs 22:29
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    29So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went up to Ramoth Gilead.

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    16Then Jehu rode to Jezreel, for Joram was resting there, and Ahaziah king of Judah had gone down to see him.

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    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.

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    19Josiah also removed all the shrines on the high places in the towns of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger. He did to them just as he had done at Bethel.

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    50At that time, Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, 'Let my servants sail with your servants in the ships,' but Jehoshaphat refused.

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    66%

    5Pharaoh's army had marched out of Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew from the city.

  • 1 Kgs 22:45
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    45Jehoshaphat was at peace with the king of Israel.