2 Chronicles 35:18-20

International Standard Version

¹⁸ There had not been a Passover celebration like it in Israel since Samuel the prophet was alive, nor had any of the kings of Israel celebrated a Passover like Josiah did at that time^[a] with the priests, the descendants of Levi, everyone from Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. ¹⁹ This Passover celebration was observed during the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah.

Pharaoh Neco and Josiah’s Death^(A)

²⁰ Some time after all of this, after Josiah had finished preparing the Temple, King Neco of Egypt invaded Carchemish on the Euphrates River,^[b] and Josiah went out to fight him.