2 Kings 23:27-29

Good News Translation

²⁷ The Lord said, “I will do to Judah what I have done to Israel: I will banish the people of Judah from my sight, and I will reject Jerusalem, the city I chose, and the Temple, the place I said was where I should be worshiped.”

The End of Josiah's Reign^(A)

²⁸ Everything else that King Josiah did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah. ²⁹ While Josiah was king, King Neco of Egypt led an army to the Euphrates River to help the emperor of Assyria. King Josiah tried to stop the Egyptian army at Megiddo and was killed in battle.