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After 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.
tIy;B;h -t,a .Wh'Yiva{y !yikeh r,v]a ta{z -l'k yer]x;a ? vyim.K.r;k.B ~ex'Lih.l ~Iy;r.cim -.k,l,m w{k.n h'l'[ ? .Wh'Yiva{y w{ta'r.qil aeceY;w t'r.P -l;[
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But 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."
.$'l'w yiL -h;m r{mael ~yik'a.l;m wy'lea x;l.viY;w ? yiK ~w{Y;h h'T;a '$y,l'[ -a{l h'd.Wh.y .$,l,m ? yinel]h;b.l r;m'a ~yih{laew yiT.m;x.lim tyeB -l,a ? '$,tyix.v;y -l;a.w yiMi[ -r,v]a ~yih{l/aem '$.l -l;d]x
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However,
Josiah would not
turn away from him, but
disguised himself in order to
make war with him;
nor did he
listen to the
words of
Neco from the
mouth of
God, but
came to
make war on the
plain of
Megiddo.
w{B -mex'Lih.l yiK .WN,Mim wy'n'p .Wh'Yiva{y beseh -a{l.w ? yiPim w{k.n yer.biD -l,a [;m'v a{l.w feP;x.tih ? w{Dig.m t;[.qib.B ~ex'Lih.l a{b'Y;w ~yih{l/a
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The
archers shot King Josiah, and the
king said to his
servants,
"Take me
away, for I am
badly wounded."
.$,l,M;h r,ma{Y;w .Wh'Yiva{y .$,l,M;l ~yir{Y;h .Wr{Y;w ? d{a.m yityel\x'h yiK yin.Wryib][;h wy'd'b][;l
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So 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.
.WhUbyiK.r;Y;w h'b'K.r,M;h -nim wy'd'b][ .WhUryib][;Y;w ? ~i;l'v.Wr.y .WhUkyilw{Y;w w{l -r,v]a h,n.viM;h b,k,r l;[ ? h'd.Wh.y -l'k.w wy't{b]a tw{r.biq.B reb'QiY;w t'm'Y;w ? .Wh'Yiva{y -l;[ ~yil.B;a.tim ~i;l'v.Wryiw
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Then
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.
.Wr.ma{Y;w .Wh'Yiva{y -l;[ .Wh'y.m.rIy !enw{q.y;w ? .Wh'Yiva{y -l;[ ~,hyetw{nyiq.B tw{r'V;h.w ~yir'V;h -l'k ? ~'Nih.w lea'r.fIy -l;[ q{x.l ~.Wn.TiY;w ~w{Y;h -d;[ ? tw{nyiQ;h -l;[ ~yib.Wt.K
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Now the
rest of the
acts of
Josiah and his
deeds of
devotion as
written in the
law of the
LORD,
t;rw{t.B b.Wt'K;K wy'd's]x;w .Wh'Yiva{y yer.biD r,t,y.w ? h'wh.y
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and his
acts,
first to
last,
behold, they are
written in the
Book of the
Kings of
Israel and
Judah.
~yib.Wt.K ~'Nih ~yin{r]x;a'h.w ~yin{vair'h wy'r'b.d.W ? h'd.Whyiw lea'r.fIy -yek.l;m r,pes -l;[