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2 Chronicles 35:20

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple,.... Purified it, and cleansed it from the filth in it, and from all idolatry, and had repaired it, and put the service of it in good order, and on a good footing, after which great prosperity in church and state might have been expected: Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by...

2 Chronicles 35:21

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

But he sent ambassadors to him,.... That is, Necho sent to Josiah: saying, what have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? signifying he had no quarrel with him, he did not come to fight with him, and he had no business to intermeddle between him and another prince: I come not against thee this day; in an hostile manner: but against the house...

2 Chronicles 35:22

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Nevertheless, Josiah would not turn his face from him,.... Or withdraw his forces, and go back: but disguised himself that he might fight with him; without being personally known, and aimed at, see 1 Kings 22:30 and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God: not believing that what he said came from the Lord, though it might; and...

2 Chronicles 35:23

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And the archers shot at King Josiah,.... For, though disguised, he appeared to be a general officer, and indeed chief commander, and therefore aimed at him, and pressed him hard: and the king said to his servants, have me away, for I am wounded; as Ahab said, when in the like case, 1 Kings 22:34.

2 Chronicles 35:24

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And his servants therefore took him out of that chariot,.... Dead, and had him to Jerusalem, and buried him; [See comments on 2 Kings 23:30], and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah; he having been so good a king, so tender of them, and such an happy instrument in restoring the true religion, and the service of God; this was the sense of...

2 Chronicles 35:25

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah,.... Composed a lamentation for him, which is now lost; for what is said in Lamentations 4:20 respects Zedekiah, and not Josiah: and all the singing men, and all the singing women, spake of Josiah in their lamentations unto this day; who were made use of on mournful occasions, as the "preficae" among the Romans,...

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