2 Reyes 23:29

29 Durante el reinado de Josías, el faraón Necao, rey de Egipto, fue al río Éufrates para ayudar al rey de Asiria. El rey Josías y su ejército salieron a enfrentarlo,
pero el rey Necao
mató a Josías cuando se encontraron en Meguido.

2 Reyes 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 Reyes 23:29 In-Context

27 Pues el Señor
dijo: «También expulsaré a Judá de mi presencia, así como expulsé a Israel; y rechazaré a Jerusalén, mi ciudad escogida, y al templo donde debía honrarse mi nombre».

28 Los demás acontecimientos del reinado de Josías y todos sus logros están registrados en

29 Durante el reinado de Josías, el faraón Necao, rey de Egipto, fue al río Éufrates para ayudar al rey de Asiria. El rey Josías y su ejército salieron a enfrentarlo,
pero el rey Necao
mató a Josías cuando se encontraron en Meguido.

30 Los funcionarios de Josías llevaron su cuerpo en un carro de guerra desde Meguido hasta Jerusalén y lo enterraron en su tumba. Entonces la gente de la nación ungió a Joacaz, hijo de Josías, y lo proclamó el siguiente rey.

31 Joacaz gobierna en Judá
Joacaz tenía veintitrés años cuando subió al trono y reinó en Jerusalén tres meses. Su madre se llamaba Hamutal y era hija de Jeremías, de Libna.