2 Kings 23:27-29

Evangelical Heritage Version

²⁷ So the Lord said, “I will also remove Judah from my presence just as I removed Israel. I will reject Jerusalem, the city I chose, and the house about which I said, ‘My Name will be there.’”

Josiah’s Death

²⁸ As for the rest of Josiah’s acts and everything he did, are they not written in the annals of the kings of Judah?

²⁹ In his days, Pharaoh Neco, king of Egypt, went to join the king of Assyria for war at the Euphrates River.^[a] King Josiah went to meet Neco in battle, but Neco killed King Josiah at Megiddo when he faced him.