Josiah Dies in War

^20 (A)After all this, when Josiah had set the ^[a]house in order, Neco king of Egypt went up to make war at ^(B)Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to meet him. ²¹ But ^[b]Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “^(C)What have I to do with you, O King of Judah? I am not coming against you today but against the house with which I am at war, and God has said for me to hurry. Stop for your own sake from interfering with God who is with me, so that He will not bring you to ruin.” ²² However, Josiah would not turn ^[c]away from him, but ^(D)disguised himself in order to make war with him; nor did he listen to the words of Neco ^(E)from the mouth of God, but came to make war on the plain of ^(F)Megiddo. ²³ Then the archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded.” ²⁴ So his servants took him out of the chariot and drove him in the second chariot which he had, and brought him to Jerusalem ^[d]where he died, and he was buried in the tombs of his fathers. ^(G)And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. ²⁵ Then ^(H)Jeremiah chanted a lament for Josiah. And all the male and female singers speak about Josiah in their lamentations to this day. And they made them a statute in Israel; behold, they are also written in the lamentations. ²⁶ Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his deeds of lovingkindness according to what was written in the law of Yahweh, ²⁷ and his acts, first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.