II Chronicles · Chapter 35 King James Version

II Chronicles 35:23

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The Scripture

(23) And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Josiah kept a great Passover in Jerusalem unlike any since the days of Samuel, organizing the priests and Levites and providing abundant animals for the sacrifices. Josiah later went to battle against Pharaoh Necho at Megiddo against the pharaoh's warning and was fatally wounded, dying to the great mourning of all Judah and Jerusalem.

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