2 Kings 23:29 Cross References - Rotherham

²⁹ In his days, came up Pharaoh–necoh king of Egypt, against the king of Assyria, unto the river Euphrates,––and, when King Josiah went against him, he slew him at Megiddo, as soon as he saw him.

¹¹ And Manasseh had––in Issachar and in Asher––Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of En–dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo, and her towns––the three heights,

²⁷ But Manasseh took not possession of Beth–shean and her towns, nor of Taanach and her towns, nor dispossessed the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam, and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo, and her towns,––but the Canaanites were determined to remain in this land;

¹⁹ On came kings, they fought, Then, fought the kings of Canaan, In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo,––Plunder of silver, they took not away!

¹² Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, and Megiddo,––and all Beth–shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth–shean as far as Abel–meholah, as far as over against Jokmeam;

²⁷ And, Ahaziah king of Judah, saw it, and fled by the way of the garden house,––and Jehu pursued him, and said––Him also! smite him in the chariot! It was in the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Mepidgo, and died there.

⁸ Then, sent Amaziah messengers unto Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying,––Come now, let us look one another in the face.

¹¹ But Amaziah hearkened not. So then Jehoash king of Israel came up, and they looked one another in the face, he and Amaziah king of Judah,––in Beth–shemesh, which belongeth unto Judah.

²⁰ For this cause, behold me! about to gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered unto thy graves, in peace, and so thine eyes shall not look upon all the misfortune which I am about to bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

³³ And Pharaoh–necoh put him in bonds at Riblah, in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem,––and he laid a fine upon the land, a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. ³⁴ And Pharaoh–necoh made Eliakim son of Josiah king, instead of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim,––and, Jehoahaz, took he away, so he entered Egypt, and died there. ³⁵ And, the silver and the gold, did Jehoiakim give unto Pharaoh, howbeit he assessed the land, that he might give the silver at the bidding of Pharaoh,––every man, according to his assessment, exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, that he might give it to Pharaoh–necoh.

⁷ And the king of Egypt came no more again out of his land,––for the king of Babylon had taken––from the ravine of Egypt, unto the river Euphrates, all that had belonged to the king of Egypt.

²⁰ After all this––when Josiah had prepared the house, Neco king of Egypt came up,–to fight against Carchemish, by Euphrates, and Josiah went forth against him. ²¹ But he sent unto him messengers, saying––What have I to do with thee, O king of Judah? not against thee, [have I come] this day, but against the house wherewith I have war, and, God, hath given word to speed me,––cease thou from [provoking] God who is with me, lest he destroy thee. ²² Howbeit Josiah turned not his face from him, for, to fight against him, he had disguised himself, and he hearkened not unto the words of Neco, from the mouth of God,––so he came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. ²³ And the archers shot at King Josiah,––and the king said unto his servants, Take me away, for I am sore wounded. ²⁴ So his servants took him away out of the war–chariot, and conveyed him in a second chariot which he had, and carried him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers,––and, all Judah and Jerusalem, were mourning over Josiah.

¹⁴ Here was a vain thing which was done upon the earth––that there were righteous men unto whom it happened according to the work of the lawless, and there were lawless men, unto whom it happened according to the work of the righteous,––I said, that, even this, was vanity.

¹ For, unto all this, I applied my heart, and, my heart, considered all this, that, the righteous and the wise and their servants, were in the hand of God,––neither love nor hatred, could any man know, every one, was before Him. ² Every one, was like every one else, one destiny, had the righteous and the lawless, the good and the pure and the impure, and he that sacrificed, and he that did not sacrifice,––as the good man, so, the sinner, he that took an oath, as he who, of an oath, stood in fear.

¹ The righteous one, hath perished, And, not a man, hath taken it to heart––Yea, the men of lovingkindness, have been withdrawn, No one considering, That, from the presence of calamity, hath the righteous been withdrawn. ² He entereth into peace, Let them rest upon their couches,––Each one who went on a straight path.

² Of Egypt, Concerning the force of Pharaoh–necho, king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates, in Carchemish,––which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, smote, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:––

¹¹ In that day, will the wailing, be great, in Jerusalem, as the wailing of Hadadrimmon, in the valley of Megiddon;

³³ Oh! the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments! and untraceable his ways!

¹⁶ And he gathered them together unto the place that is called, in Hebrew, Har Magedon.