Verse 20

After{H310} all this, when Josiah{H2977} had prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} the temple{H1004}, Necho{H5224} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} came up{H5927}{(H8804)} to fight{H3898}{(H8736)} against Carchemish{H3751} by Euphrates{H6578}: and Josiah{H2977} went out{H3318}{(H8799)} against{H7125}{(H8800)} him.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 23:29-30 : 29 In his days{H3117} Pharaohnechoh{H6549} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} went up{H5927}{(H8804)} against the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} to the river{H5104} Euphrates{H6578}: and king{H4428} Josiah{H2977} went{H3212}{(H8799)} against{H7125}{(H8800)} him; and he slew{H4191}{(H8686)} him at Megiddo{H4023}, when he had seen{H7200}{(H8800)} him. 30 And his servants{H5650} carried him in a chariot{H7392}{(H8686)} dead{H4191}{(H8801)} from Megiddo{H4023}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} him to Jerusalem{H3389}, and buried{H6912}{(H8799)} him in his own sepulchre{H6900}. And the people{H5971} of the land{H776} took{H3947}{(H8799)} Jehoahaz{H3059} the son{H1121} of Josiah{H2977}, and anointed{H4886}{(H8799)} him, and made him king{H4427}{(H8686)} in his father's{H1} stead.
• Isa 10:9 : 9 Is not Calno{H3641} as Carchemish{H3751}? is not Hamath{H2574} as Arpad{H774}? is not Samaria{H8111} as Damascus{H1834}?
• Jer 46:2-9 : 2 Against Egypt{H4714}, against the army{H2428} of Pharaohnecho{H6549} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714}, which was by the river{H5104} Euphrates{H6578} in Carchemish{H3751}, which Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} smote{H5221}{(H8689)} in the fourth{H7243} year{H8141} of Jehoiakim{H3079} the son{H1121} of Josiah{H2977} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}. 3 Order{H6186}{(H8798)} ye the buckler{H4043} and shield{H6793}, and draw near{H5066}{(H8798)} to battle{H4421}. 4 Harness{H631}{(H8798)} the horses{H5483}; and get up{H5927}{(H8798)}, ye horsemen{H6571}, and stand forth{H3320}{(H8690)} with your helmets{H3553}; furbish{H4838}{(H8798)} the spears{H7420}, and put on{H3847}{(H8798)} the brigandines{H5630}. 5 Wherefore have I seen{H7200}{(H8804)} them dismayed{H2844} and turned{H5472}{(H8737)} away back{H268}? and their mighty ones{H1368} are beaten down{H3807}{(H8714)}, and are fled{H5127}{(H8804)} apace{H4498}, and look not back{H6437}{(H8689)}: for fear{H4032} was round about{H5439}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 6 Let not the swift{H7031} flee away{H5127}{(H8799)}, nor the mighty man{H1368} escape{H4422}{(H8735)}; they shall stumble{H3782}{(H8804)}, and fall{H5307}{(H8804)} toward the north{H6828} by{H3027} the river{H5104} Euphrates{H6578}. 7 Who is this that cometh up{H5927}{(H8799)} as a flood{H2975}, whose waters{H4325} are moved{H1607}{(H8691)} as the rivers{H5104}? 8 Egypt{H4714} riseth up{H5927}{(H8799)} like a flood{H2975}, and his waters{H4325} are moved{H1607}{(H8704)} like the rivers{H5104}; and he saith{H559}{(H8799)}, I will go up{H5927}{(H8799)}, and will cover{H3680}{(H8762)} the earth{H776}; I will destroy{H6}{(H8686)} the city{H5892} and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} thereof. 9 Come up{H5927}{(H8798)}, ye horses{H5483}; and rage{H1984}{(H8703)}, ye chariots{H7393}; and let the mighty men{H1368} come forth{H3318}{(H8799)}; the Ethiopians{H3568} and the Libyans{H6316}, that handle{H8610}{(H8802)} the shield{H4043}; and the Lydians{H3866}, that handle{H8610}{(H8802)} and bend{H1869}{(H8802)} the bow{H7198}. 10 For this is the day{H3117} of the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} of hosts{H6635}, a day{H3117} of vengeance{H5360}, that he may avenge{H5358}{(H8736)} him of his adversaries{H6862}: and the sword{H2719} shall devour{H398}{(H8804)}, and it shall be satiate{H7646}{(H8804)} and made drunk{H7301}{(H8804)} with their blood{H1818}: for the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} of hosts{H6635} hath a sacrifice{H2077} in the north{H6828} country{H776} by the river{H5104} Euphrates{H6578}. 11 Go up{H5927}{(H8798)} into Gilead{H1568}, and take{H3947}{(H8798)} balm{H6875}, O virgin{H1330}, the daughter{H1323} of Egypt{H4714}: in vain{H7723} shalt thou use many{H7235}{(H8689)} medicines{H7499}; for thou shalt not be cured{H8585}. 12 The nations{H1471} have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} of thy shame{H7036}, and thy cry{H6682} hath filled{H4390}{(H8804)} the land{H776}: for the mighty man{H1368} hath stumbled{H3782}{(H8804)} against the mighty{H1368}, and they are fallen{H5307}{(H8804)} both{H8147} together{H3162}.