1 Esdras 1:24-26
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
24 In ancient times the events of his reign have been recorded—concerning those who sinned and acted wickedly towards the Lord beyond any other people or kingdom, and how they grieved the Lord[a] deeply, so that the words of the Lord fell upon Israel.
25 After all these acts of Josiah, it happened that Pharaoh, king of Egypt, went to make war at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out against him. 26 And the king of Egypt sent word to him saying, ‘What have we to do with each other, O king of Judea?
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- 1 Esdras 1:24 Gk him
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