Verse 23

2 Chronicles 35:23

Bible in Basic English

23 And the bowmen sent their arrows at King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am badly wounded.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּרוּ֙ הַ/יֹּרִ֔ים לַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ לַ/עֲבָדָי/ו֙ הַעֲבִיר֔וּ/נִי כִּ֥י הָחֳלֵ֖יתִי מְאֹֽד

English Translation

And the archers saw King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am severely wounded."

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Chapter 35 Context

1 And Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem; on the fourteenth day of the first month they p... Focus ↗

2 And he gave the priests their places, making them strong for the work of the house of God (Elohim). Focus ↗

3 And he said to the Levites, the teachers of all Israel, who were holy to the Lord, See, the holy ark... Focus ↗

4 And make yourselves ready in your divisions, by your families, as it is ordered in the writings of D... Focus ↗

5 And take your positions in the holy place, grouped in the families of your brothers, the children of... Focus ↗

6 And put the Passover lamb to death, and make yourselves holy, and make it ready for your brothers, s... Focus ↗

7 And Josiah gave lambs and goats from the flock as Passover offerings for all the people who were pre... Focus ↗

8 And his captains freely gave an offering to the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah and Ze... Focus ↗

9 And Conaniah and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chief... Focus ↗

10 So everything was made ready and the priests took their places with the Levites in their divisions,... Focus ↗

11 And they put the Passover lambs to death, the blood being drained out by the priests when it was giv... Focus ↗

12 And they took away the burned offerings, so that they might give them to be offered to the Lord for... Focus ↗

13 And the Passover lamb was cooked over the fire, as it says in the law; and the holy offerings were c... Focus ↗

14 And after that, they made ready for themselves and for the priests; for the priests, the sons of Aar... Focus ↗

15 And the sons of Asaph, the makers of melody, were in their places, as ordered by David and Asaph and... Focus ↗

16 So everything needed for the worship of the Lord was made ready that same day, for the keeping of th... Focus ↗

17 And all the children of Israel who were present kept the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread... Focus ↗

18 No Passover like it had been kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; and not one of the... Focus ↗

19 In the eighteenth year of the rule of Josiah this Passover was kept. Focus ↗

20 After all this, and after Josiah had put the house in order, Neco, king of Egypt, went up to make wa... Focus ↗

21 But he sent representatives to him, saying, What have I to do with you, O king of Judah? I have not... Focus ↗

22 However, Josiah would not go back; but keeping to his purpose of fighting against him, and giving no... Focus ↗

23 And the bowmen sent their arrows at King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, Take me away, fo...

24 So his servants took him out of the line of war-carriages, and put him in his second carriage and to... Focus ↗

25 And Jeremiah made a song of grief for Josiah; and to this day Josiah is named by all the makers of m... Focus ↗

26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and the good he did, in keeping with what is recorded in the law... Focus ↗

27 And all his acts, first and last, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. Focus ↗

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