1 Esdras 1:25-27

Common English Bible

²⁵ I haven’t been sent out by the Lord God against you; rather, my war is at the Euphrates. Now the Lord is with me and urges me on. So stand aside and don’t oppose the Lord.”

²⁶ Josiah, however, didn’t return to his chariot but resolved to fight. He didn’t pay attention to the words of the prophet Jeremiah, which came from the Lord. ²⁷ He went to war with Pharaoh in the plain of Megiddo, and Pharaoh’s commanders came against King Josiah.