2 Rois 23:29

29 De son temps Pharaon-Néco, roi d'Égypte, monta contre le roi d'Assyrie, vers le fleuve d'Euphrate; et Josias marcha contre lui. Mais, dès que Pharaon l'eut vu, il le tua à Méguiddo.

2 Rois 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 Rois 23:29 In-Context

27 Car l'Éternel avait dit: J'ôterai aussi Juda de devant ma face, comme j'en ai ôté Israël; et je rejetterai cette ville de Jérusalem que j'ai choisie, et la maison de laquelle j'ai dit: Mon nom sera là.

28 Le reste des actions de Josias, tout ce qu'il fit, n'est-il pas écrit au livre des Chroniques des rois de Juda?

29 De son temps Pharaon-Néco, roi d'Égypte, monta contre le roi d'Assyrie, vers le fleuve d'Euphrate; et Josias marcha contre lui. Mais, dès que Pharaon l'eut vu, il le tua à Méguiddo.

30 De Méguiddo ses serviteurs le chargèrent mort sur un char, et l'emmenèrent à Jérusalem, et l'ensevelirent dans son tombeau. Et le peuple du pays prit Joachaz, fils de Josias; et ils l'oignirent, et l'établirent roi à la place de son père.

31 Joachaz était âgé de vingt-trois ans quand il commença à régner, et il régna trois mois à Jérusalem. Sa mère, fille de Jérémie, de Libna, s'appelait Hamutal.