2 Reyes 23:29

29 En aquel tiempo el faraón Necao, rey de Egipto, fue a encontrarse con el rey de Asiria camino del río Éufrates. El rey Josías le salió al paso, pero Necao le hizo frente en Meguido y lo mató.

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.

---

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 Por lo tanto, el SEÑOR declaró: «Voy a apartar de mi presencia a Judá, como lo hice con Israel; repudiaré a Jerusalén, la ciudad que escogí, y a este templo, del cual dije: “Ese será el lugar donde yo habite”».

28 Los demás acontecimientos del reinado de Josías, y todo lo que hizo, están escritos en el libro de las crónicas de los reyes de Judá.

29 En aquel tiempo el faraón Necao, rey de Egipto, fue a encontrarse con el rey de Asiria camino del río Éufrates. El rey Josías le salió al paso, pero Necao le hizo frente en Meguido y lo mató.

30 Los oficiales de Josías llevaron su cadáver en un carro desde Meguido hasta Jerusalén y lo sepultaron en su tumba. Entonces el pueblo tomó a Joacaz hijo de Josías, lo ungió y lo proclamó rey en lugar de su padre.

31 Joacaz tenía veintitrés años cuando ascendió al trono, y reinó en Jerusalén tres meses. Su madre era Jamutal hija de Jeremías, oriunda de Libná.