Context 19In the eighteenth year of Josiahs reign this Passover was celebrated. Josiah Dies in Battle 20After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt came up to make war at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to engage him. 21But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, What have we to do with each other, O King of Judah? I am not coming against you today but against the house with which I am at war, and God has ordered me to hurry. Stop for your own sake from interfering with God who is with me, so that He will not destroy you. 22However, Josiah would not turn away from him, but disguised himself in order to make war with him; nor did he listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, but came to make war on the plain of Megiddo. 23The archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am badly wounded. 24So his servants took him out of the chariot and carried him in the second chariot which he had, and brought him to Jerusalem where he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. 25Then 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 an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are also written in the Lamentations. 26Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his deeds of devotion as written in the law of the LORD, 27and his acts, first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionIn the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. Douay-Rheims Bible In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias was this phase celebrated. Darby Bible Translation In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover holden. English Revised Version In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. Webster's Bible Translation In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. World English Bible In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this Passover kept. Young's Literal Translation In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah hath this passover been made. Library Cheer Up, My Comrades!The first thing is to get every man into his proper place; the next thing is for every man to have a good spirit in his present place, so as to occupy it worthily. I will suppose, dear friends, that in the providence of God you are in your place, and that by the direction of God's Spirit you have also sought and found the precise form of usefulness in which you ought to exercise yourself. To-night it shall not be my business to arrange you; but assuming that it is well for you to keep where you are, … Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 26: 1880 The New Temple and Its Worship The Book of the Law Importance in Luke's History of the Story of the Birth of Christ Josiah, a Pattern for the Ignorant. Chronicles Links 2 Chronicles 35:19 NIV • 2 Chronicles 35:19 NLT • 2 Chronicles 35:19 ESV • 2 Chronicles 35:19 NASB • 2 Chronicles 35:19 KJV • 2 Chronicles 35:19 Bible Apps • 2 Chronicles 35:19 Parallel • Bible Hub |