Event · The Divided Kingdoms and Prophets
The death of Josiah
Scripture in WEBWorld English Bible — Protestant Edition
The death of Josiah2 Kings 23:28–30609 BCE1 parallel account
Josiah goes out against Pharaoh Necho at Megiddo and is killed; Judah mourns him.
- Main passage 2 Kings 23:28–30
- Also told in 2 Chronicles 35:20–27
People Josiah
Places named Megiddo 2 Kings 23:29
- Place in the order
- Explicit biblical sequence Scripture itself gives the order of these events.
- Historical setting
- 609 BCE Approximate historical setting
Babylonian records place Necho's campaign to the Euphrates in 609 BCE.
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2 Kings 23:28–30 WEB
28Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 29In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him, but Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo when he saw him. 30His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.