2 Kings 23:29
In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
KJV
In diebus ejus ascendit Pharao Nechao rex Ægypti contra regem Assyriorum ad flumen Euphraten, et abiit Josias rex in occursum ejus : et occisus est in Mageddo cum vidisset eum.
Vulgate
ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἀνέβη Φαραὼ Νεχαὼ βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου ἐπὶ βασιλέα Ἀσσυρίων ἐπὶ ποταμὸν Εὐφράτην, καὶ ἐπορεύθη Ἰωσείας εἰς ἀπαντὴν αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐθανάτωσεν αὐτὸν Νεχαὼ ἐν Μαγεδὼ ἐν τῷ ἰδεῖν αὐτόν.
LXX
In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and Pharaoh-necoh slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.
ASV
בְּ/יָמָ֡י/ו עָלָה֩ פַרְעֹ֨ה נְכֹ֧ה מֶֽלֶךְ מִצְרַ֛יִם עַל מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּׁ֖וּר עַל נְהַר פְּרָ֑ת וַ/יֵּ֨לֶךְ הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ יֹאשִׁיָּ֨הוּ֙ לִ/קְרָאת֔/וֹ וַ/יְמִיתֵ֨/הוּ֙ בִּ/מְגִדּ֔וֹ כִּ/רְאֹת֖/וֹ אֹתֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers Hezekiah's reforms and Sennacherib's invasion, the reigns of Manasseh and Josiah, the fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC, the destruction of Solomon's Temple, the exile to Babylon, and the career of the prophet Daniel. Josephus explicitly cites Isaiah's prophecy of Cyrus and Daniel's prophecies, calling Daniel one of the greatest prophets.
Cross-references
- 2Chr 35:20 — After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
- 2Chr 35:20 — After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
- 2Kgs 22:20 — Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brough
- Ezek 19:1 — Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,
- Ezra 6:22 — And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house
- Gen 25:18 — And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
- Jer 46:2 — Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Jos
- Jer 46:2 — Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Jos
- Judg 5:19 — The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.
- Rev 16:16 — And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
- Zech 12:11 — In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
- Zech 12:11 — In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.