2 Chronicles 35:23

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Archers shot King Josiah; the king ordered his servants,“Take me out of this chariot, for I am seriously wounded.”

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 22:34 : 34 Now an archer shot an arrow at random, and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ordered his charioteer,“Turn around and take me from the battle line, because I’m wounded.”
  • 2 Kgs 8:29 : 29 King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. King Ahaziah son of Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was ill.
  • 2 Kgs 9:24 : 24 Jehu aimed his bow and shot an arrow right between Jehoram’s shoulders. The arrow went through his heart and he fell to his knees in his chariot.
  • 2 Chr 18:33 : 33 Now an archer shot an arrow at random and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ordered his charioteer,“Turn around and take me from the battle line, for I am wounded.”
  • Lam 3:13 : 13 ה(He) He shot his arrows into my heart.
  • Gen 49:23 : 23 The archers will attack him, they will shoot at him and oppose him.

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

    24So his servants took him out of the chariot, put him in another chariot that he owned, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors; all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah.

    25Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments.

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

    32When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said,“He must be the king of Israel.” So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out.

    33When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him.

    34Now an archer shot an arrow at random, and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ordered his charioteer,“Turn around and take me from the battle line, because I’m wounded.”

    35While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening; the blood from the wound ran down into the bottom of the chariot.

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

    31When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said,“He must be the king of Israel!” So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out. The LORD helped him; God lured them away from him.

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

    33Now an archer shot an arrow at random and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ordered his charioteer,“Turn around and take me from the battle line, for I am wounded.”

  • 1 Sam 31:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3Saul himself was in the thick of the battle; the archers spotted him and wounded him severely.

    4Saul said to his armor bearer,“Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me.” But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.

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

    20Josiah’s Reign Ends After Josiah had done all this for the temple, King Necho of Egypt marched up to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. Josiah marched out to oppose him.

    21Necho sent messengers to him, saying,“Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.”

    22But Josiah did not turn back from him; he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo.

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

    28The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign and all his accomplishments are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

    29During 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.

    30His servants transported his dead body from Megiddo in a chariot and brought it to Jerusalem, where they buried him in his tomb. The people of the land took Josiah’s son Jehoahaz, poured olive oil on his head, and made him king in his father’s place.

  • 1 Chr 10:3
    73%

    3The battle was thick around Saul; the archers spotted him and wounded him.

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

    23Jehoram turned his chariot around and took off. He said to Ahaziah,“It’s a trap, Ahaziah!”

    24Jehu aimed his bow and shot an arrow right between Jehoram’s shoulders. The arrow went through his heart and he fell to his knees in his chariot.

  • 2 Chr 24:25
    69%

    25When they withdrew, they left Joash badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to the son of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

  • 2 Chr 21:18
    69%

    18After all this happened, the LORD afflicted him with an incurable intestinal disease.

  • 2 Kgs 9:27
    69%

    27When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what happened, he took off up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him and ordered,“Shoot him too.” They shot him while he was driving his chariot up the ascent of Gur near Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo and died there.

  • Gen 49:23
    69%

    23The archers will attack him, they will shoot at him and oppose him.

  • 2 Chr 22:6
    69%

    6Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded.

  • Isa 22:3
    68%

    3All your leaders ran away together– they fled to a distant place; all your refugees were captured together– they were captured without a single arrow being shot.

  • 2 Kgs 13:15
    68%

    15Elisha told him,“Take a bow and some arrows,” and he did so.

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

    28He joined Ahab’s son Joram in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram.

    29King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. King Ahaziah son of Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was ill.

  • 2 Sam 11:24
    68%

    24Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall and some of the king’s soldiers died. Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”

  • Isa 21:15
    67%

    15For they flee from the swords– from the drawn sword and from the battle-ready bow and from the severity of the battle.

  • 2 Kgs 9:15
    67%

    15But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Jehu told his supporters,“If you really want me to be king, then don’t let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel.”

  • 2 Sam 1:9
    67%

    9He said to me,‘Stand over me and finish me off! I’m very dizzy, even though I’m still alive.’

  • Jer 10:19
    67%

    19And I cried out,“We are doomed! Our wound is severe! We once thought,‘This is only an illness. And we will be able to bear it!’

  • Lam 3:12
    67%

    12He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow.

  • 1 Kgs 20:37
    67%

    37He found another man and said,“Wound me!” So the man wounded him severely.

  • 2 Chr 35:16
    67%

    16So all the preparations for the LORD’s service were made that day, as the Passover was observed and the burnt sacrifices were offered on the altar of the LORD, as prescribed by King Josiah.

  • Ps 64:7
    67%

    7But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow.

  • Job 16:13
    67%

    13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

  • Jer 38:26
    67%

    26If they do this, tell them,‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to die in the dungeon of Jonathan’s house.’”

  • 2 Sam 11:20
    66%

    20if the king becomes angry and asks you,‘Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you realize they would shoot from the wall?

  • Hos 5:13
    66%

    13When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and begged its great king for help. But he will not be able to heal you! He cannot cure your wound!

  • 1 Sam 22:17
    66%

    17Then the king said to the messengers who were stationed beside him,“Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, for they too have sided with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm the priests of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 25:27
    66%

    27From the time Amaziah turned from following the LORD, conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there.

  • 2 Chr 33:25
    66%

    25The people of the land executed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place.

  • 1 Kgs 22:49
    66%

    49Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat,“Let my sailors join yours in the fleet,” but Jehoshaphat refused.

  • 2 Chr 32:21
    66%

    21The LORD sent a messenger and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib returned home humiliated. When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.