2 Chronicles 35:23

Translations

Modern

There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”

Traditional

And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

Literal

And the archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am severely wounded.”

Latin

Ibique vulneratus a sagittariis, dixit pueris suis: Educite me de prælio, quia oppido vulneratus sum.

Original

Hebrew

English

There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”

Notes

2 Chronicles 35:20–24

The story skips from Josiah’s eighteenth year in 622 BC to the year he died in 609 BC. As the Assyrian Empire weakened, Egypt and Babylon, once under Assyrian control, clashed. King Neco of Egypt, who had allied with Assyria to resist Babylon's growth, asked Josiah to let his army pass freely. Josiah's decision to block them might have been due to an alliance with Babylon or his own effort to gain independence from Egypt. Josiah died because he ignored a divine message given by a non-Jewish king.

Theme notes and profiles

Josiah

Related verses

1 Kings 22:34
However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”
2 Kings 9:24
Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow pierced his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.
Genesis 49:23
The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
2 Kings 8:29
So King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to Jezreel to visit Joram son of Ahab, because Joram had been wounded.
Lamentations 3:13
He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
2 Chronicles 18:33
However, a certain man drew his bow without taking special aim, and he struck the king of Israel between the joints of his armor. So the king said to his charioteer, “Turn around and take me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded!”

Parallels

2 Kings 23:28–30

People

Josiah: King of Judah known for his religious reforms

Glossary

Assyria, Assyrians Chronicles, Books of First and Second First Book of Esdras Genealogy Huldah Necho, Nechoh, Neco, Necoh

Topics

Egyptians: Invade the Land of Israel: Under Pharaoh-Necho Josiah: King of Judah: Killed in Battle with Pharaoh-Necho Megiddo: Josiah Killed At, by Pharaoh-Nechoh Pharaoh: Pharaoh-Necho: His Invasion of Assyria, Josiah's Death Rashness: Josiah, in Fighting Against Pharaoh-Necho

2 Chronicles 35:23

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