2 Könige 23:29

29 Zu seiner Zeit zog Pharao Necho, der König in Ägypten, herauf wider den König von Assyrien an das Wasser Euphrat. Aber der König Josia zog ihm entgegen und starb zu Megiddo, da er ihn gesehen hatte.

2 Könige 23:29 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 23:29

In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt
Who is called in the Targum Pharaoh the lame, because he was lame in his feet, perhaps gouty; Herodotus ^F24 also calls him Necos the son of Psammiticus; now it was in the last days of Josiah this king reigned in Egypt, or however that the following event was:

[that] he went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates;
to Carchemish, a city situated upon it; see ( 2 Chronicles 35:26 ) ( Jeremiah 46:2 ) , the king he went against was the king of Babylon, who had conquered the Assyrian monarchy, and therefore called king of it; some take him to be Nabopolassar; according to Marsham ^F25, he was Chyniladanus;

and King Josiah went against him;
to stop him, that he might not pass through his country, and attack the king of Babylon, whose ally, perhaps, Josiah was; or, however, thought himself obliged to him by the privileges, power, and authority he allowed him to exercise in the land of Israel:

and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him;
as soon as they came face to face, and engaged in battle, see ( 2 Kings 14:8 2 Kings 14:11 ) that is Pharaoh slew Josiah at the first onset. Megiddo was a city in the tribe of Manasseh, ( Joshua 17:11 ) . Herodotus ^F26 calls it Magdolus, which seems to be a city on the borders of Egypt, the same with Migdol, ( Jeremiah 44:1 ) where he says Pharoahnechoh conquered the Syrians; in Josephus ^F1 it is called Mendes very wrongly. Josiah seems to have engaged in this action without consulting the Lord and his prophets.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Euterpe, sive, l. 2. c. 158.
F25 Chronic. Secul. 18. p. 568.
F26 Ibid. c. 159.
F1 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 5. sect. 1.

2 Könige 23:29 In-Context

27 Und der HERR sprach: Ich will Juda auch von meinem Angesicht tun, wie ich Israel weggetan habe, und will diese Stadt verwerfen, die ich erwählt hatte, Jerusalem, und das Haus, davon ich gesagt habe: Mein Namen soll daselbst sein.

28 Was aber mehr von Josia zu sagen ist und alles, was er getan hat, siehe, das ist geschrieben in der Chronik der Könige Juda's.

29 Zu seiner Zeit zog Pharao Necho, der König in Ägypten, herauf wider den König von Assyrien an das Wasser Euphrat. Aber der König Josia zog ihm entgegen und starb zu Megiddo, da er ihn gesehen hatte.

30 Und seine Knechte führten ihn tot von Megiddo und brachten ihn gen Jerusalem und begruben ihn in seinem Grabe. Und das Volk im Lande nahm Joahas, den Sohn Josias, und salbten ihn und machten ihn zum König an seines Vaters Statt.

31 Dreiundzwanzig Jahre war Joahas alt, da er König ward, und regierte drei Monate zu Jerusalem. Seine Mutter hieß Hamutal, eine Tochter Jeremia's von Libna.