Nevertheless, Josiah would not turn his face from him
Or withdraw his forces, and go back:
but disguised himself that he might fight with him;
without being personally known, and aimed at, see ( 1 Kings 22:30 )
and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God:
not believing that what he said came from the Lord, though it might; and his infirmity was, that he did not inquire of the Lord about it:
and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo;
which was in the tribe of Manasseh, thought to be the Magdolum of Herodotus, where he says Necho fought the battle F26; (See Gill on 2 Kings 23:29).