Verse 22

But Josiah refused to turn away from him. Instead, he disguised himself to engage him in battle. He did not heed the words of Neco, which were spoken at God's command. So he went to fight him in the valley of Megiddo.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Josia vendte ikke ansiktet mot ham, men søkte å kjempe mot ham. Han hørte ikke på Nekos ord og kom for å kjempe i Megiddos dal.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Likevel ville Josia ikke vende sitt ansikt bort fra ham, men forkledde seg for å kjempe mot ham, og han adlød ikke Nekos ord fra Guds munn, og dro ut i kamp i Megiddos dal.

• Norsk King James

  Likevel ville ikke Josiah vende ansiktet fra ham, men forkledde seg for å kjempe mot ham og lyttet ikke til Nechos ord fra Guds munn, og dro ut for å kjempe i Megiddo-dalen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Josia vendte ikke sitt ansikt bort fra ham, men forkledde seg for å kjempe mot ham, og han adlød ikke Nekos ord fra Guds munn, men kom til å kjempe i Megiddos dal.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Josjia vendte ikke sitt ansikt bort fra ham, men forkledde seg for å kjempe mot ham, og hørte ikke på Nekos ord, fra Guds munn, og kom for å kjempe i Megiddo-dalen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Likevel vendte Josjia ikke ansiktet fra ham, men forkledde seg for å kjempe mot ham. Han lyttet ikke til ordene fra Necho som kom fra Guds munn, og kom for å kjempe i Megiddos dal.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Allikevel vendte ikke Josia ryggen til ham, men forkledde seg slik at han kunne kjempe med ham, og han hørte ikke til de ordene Neko fremførte fra Guds munn, og dro for å kjempe i Megiddo-dalen.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Likevel vendte Josjia ikke ansiktet fra ham, men forkledde seg for å kjempe mot ham. Han lyttet ikke til ordene fra Necho som kom fra Guds munn, og kom for å kjempe i Megiddos dal.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Men Josjia vendte ikke sitt ansikt fra ham, men forkledde seg for å kjempe med ham, og han lyttet ikke til Nekos ord fra Guds munn, men kom for å kjempe i Megiddos dal.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Josjia vendte ikke ansiktet fra ham, men forkledde seg for å kjempe mot ham; han hørte ikke på Nekos ord, som var fra Guds munn, og kom inn for å kjempe i Megiddos dal.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Dog vendte Josias ikke sit Ansigt omkring fra ham, men forklædte sig til at stride mod ham, og lød ikke Nechos Ord af Guds Mund, men kom at stride i Megiddos Dal.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Josiah ville imidlertid ikke vende ansiktet bort fra ham, men forkledte seg for å kjempe mot ham, og hørte ikke på Nechos ord fra Guds munn, og kom for å kjempe i Megiddo-dalen.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  Nevertheless, Josiah would not turn his face from him but disguised himself so that he might fight with him and did not heed the words of Necho from the mouth of God and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Josjia ville likevel ikke vende ansiktet fra ham, men forkledde seg for å kjempe mot ham, og hørte ikke på Nekos ord fra Guds munn, og kom for å kjempe i Megiddos dal.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Men Josjia vendte ikke ansiktet fra ham, men forkledde seg for å kjempe mot ham, og hørte ikke på Nekos ord, fra Guds munn, og kom til å kjempe i Megiddo-dalen.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Likevel ville ikke Josia vende ansiktet bort fra ham, men han forkledde seg for å kjempe mot ham og lyttet ikke til ordene fra Necho fra Guds munn, og dro for å kjempe i Megiddos dal.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Josjia ville likevel ikke trekke seg, men holdt fast i sitt mål om å kjempe mot ham og ga ingen oppmerksomhet til Nekos ord, som kom fra Gud, og han dro videre til kampen i Megiddo-dalen.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Neuertheles Iosias turned not his face from him, but prepared himselfe to fighte with him, and herkened not vnto the wordes of Necho out of the mouth of God, & came to fighte wt him vpon the playne besyde Mageddo.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But Iosiah would not turne his face from him, but changed his apparel to fight with him, and hearkened not vnto the wordes of Necho, which were of the mouth of God, but came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Neuerthelesse Iosia would not turne his face from him, but rather toke aduise to fight with hym, and hearkened not vnto the wordes of Necho out of the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Mageddo.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and didn't listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Josiah hath not turned round his face from him, but to fight against him hath disguised himself, and hath not hearkened unto the words of Necho, from the mouth of God, and cometh in to fight in the valley of Megiddo;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  However, Josiah would not go back; but keeping to his purpose of fighting against him, and giving no attention to the words of Neco, which came from God, he went forward to the fight in the valley of Megiddo.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and didn't listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But Josiah did not turn back from him; he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo.

Referenced Verses

• Judg 5:19 : 19 Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.
• 2 Chr 18:29 : 29 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, 'I will disguise myself and enter the battle, but you wear your royal robes.' So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle.
• 2 Chr 35:21 : 21 But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, 'What quarrel is there between you and me, king of Judah? I am not coming against you today but against the house with which I am at war. God has told me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you.'
• 1 Kgs 22:30 : 30 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, 'I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you wear your royal robes.' So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle.
• 1 Kgs 22:34 : 34 But someone randomly drew his bow and struck the king of Israel between the sections of his armor. The king told his chariot driver, 'Turn around and get me out of the battle, for I am badly wounded.'
• 2 Kgs 9:27 : 27 When Ahaziah king of Judah saw this, he fled along the road to Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him, shouting, 'Shoot him too!' They struck him in his chariot on the way up to Gur near Ibleam, but he fled to Megiddo and died there.
• 2 Kgs 23:30 : 30 His servants brought his body by chariot from Megiddo to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
• 2 Chr 18:4-6 : 4 But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, 'Please, first seek the word of the LORD today.' 5 So the king of Israel gathered the prophets, four hundred men, and asked them, 'Shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or should I refrain?' They answered, 'Go up, for God will give it into the hand of the king.' 6 But Jehoshaphat asked, 'Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here whom we can inquire of?'
• Zech 12:11 : 11 On that day, the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning for Hadad-Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
• Rev 16:16 : 16 Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
• 1 Kgs 14:2 : 2 Jeroboam said to his wife, "Please get up and disguise yourself so that no one will recognize you as the wife of Jeroboam. Then go to Shiloh. Look, there is Ahijah the prophet, the one who told me I would become king over these people.
• Josh 9:14 : 14 The men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not inquire of the LORD.