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2 Kings 23:27-29
New International Reader's Version
2 Kings 23:27-29
New International Reader's Version
27 So the Lord said, “I will remove Judah from my land. I will do to them what I did to Israel. I will turn my back on Jerusalem. It is the city I chose. I will also turn my back on this temple. I spoke about it. I said, ‘I will put my Name there.’ ” (1 Kings 8:29)
28 The other events of the rule of Josiah are written down. Everything he did is written in the official records of the kings of Judah.
29 Pharaoh Necho was king of Egypt. He marched up to the Euphrates River. He went there to help the king of Assyria. It happened while Josiah was king. Josiah marched out to meet Necho in battle. When Necho saw him at Megiddo, he killed him.
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