²⁹ While Josiah was king, Pharaoh Necho^(A) king of Egypt went up to the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to meet him in battle, but Necho faced him and killed him at Megiddo.^(B)

⁷ The king of Egypt^(A) did not march out from his own country again, because the king of Babylon^(B) had taken all his territory, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

The Death of Josiah^(A)

²⁰ After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Necho king of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish^(B) on the Euphrates,^(C) and Josiah marched out to meet him in battle.