Study it in the app“In his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went to meet him, and he put him to death at Megiddo when he saw him.”
In his daysבְּיָמָיוPharaohפַרְעֹהNecoנְכֹהkingמֶלֶךְof Egyptמִצְרַיִםwent upעָלָהagainst the kingעַל מֶלֶךְof Assyriaאַשּׁוּרtoעַלthe riverנְהַרEuphrates;פְּרָתand Kingוַ הַמֶּלֶךְJosiahיֹאשִׁיָּהוּwentיֵּלֶךְto meet him,לִקְרָאתוֹand he put him to deathוַיְמִיתֵהוּat Megiddoבִּמְגִדּוֹwhen he sawכִּרְאֹתוֹhim.אֹתוֹ
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamay” appearsPharaoh Neco
Pharaoh Neco. A king of Egypt who killed Josiah at Megiddo, removed Jehoahaz from the throne and set up Jehoiakim (2 Kings 23:29-35). He was later defeated by Nebuchadnezzar at Carchemish (Jeremiah 46:2).
Where else “faro” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearsriver
River, stream; above all the Euphrates ("the River") or the Nile.
Where else “nehar” appearsEuphrates
See it on the mapWhere else “perat” appearsJosiah
Josiah: a name that, according to the lexicon, means "founded by Yah." He is the king of Judah announced by name in 1 Kings 13:2, who reigned about three hundred years later (2 Kings 22–23); a man in Zechariah 6:10 is also called this.
Where else “yoshiyahu” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsmeet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appearskill
To kill someone.
Where else “yemite” appearsMegiddo
See it on the mapWhere else “megido” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears“Against the king of Assyria”: the Hebrew preposition ordinarily means “against,” but it can also indicate only the direction (“toward”). The text does not explain why Josiah went out to meet Pharaoh.
Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.
The death of Josiah
2 Kings 23:28-30
28The rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 29In his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went to meet him, and he put him to death at Megiddo when he saw him. 30His servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own grave. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.
20After all this, when Josiah had prepared the house, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates; and Josiah went out to meet him. 21But he sent messengers to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, king of Judah? I am not coming against you today, but against the house with which I am at war; and Elohim has told me to hurry. Stop opposing Elohim, who is with me, so that he does not destroy you.” 22But Josiah did not turn his face away from him, but to fight against him he disguised himself, and did not listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of Elohim; and he came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. 23The archers shot at King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded.” 24So his servants took him out of the chariot and put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. 25Jeremiah chanted a dirge for Josiah; and all the male singers and the female singers have spoken of Josiah in their dirges to this day, and they made them a statute for Israel; and they are written in the Dirges. 26The rest of the acts of Josiah and his deeds of loyal love, according to what is written in the law of YHWH, 27and his acts, the first and the last, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
3Euphrates
Today: Euphrates River: Turkey, Syria, Iraq
The longest river in southwest Asia; it rises in Turkey and flows through Syria and Iraq to the Persian Gulf.
It is one of the four rivers of Eden (Gen 2:14). God promised Abram the land as far as this river (Gen 15:18).
4Megiddo
Today: Tel Megiddo ruins, Israel
A city guarding an important pass into the Jezreel Valley in northern Israel.
Canaanite kings fought Israel there (Judg 5:19). Solomon fortified it (1 Kgs 9:15), and King Josiah died there (2 Kgs 23:29).
28The rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
29 · This verse (above)
30His servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own grave. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father.
