23And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.


In Context

20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.

21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you this day, but against the house with which I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear you from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy you not.

22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and listened not to the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

24 His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchers of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

2 Chronicles 35:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

35:23And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

35:23Archers shot King Josiah, and he told his officers, "Take me away; I am badly wounded."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

35:23And there he was wounded by the archers, and he said to his servants: Carry me out of the battle, for I am grievously wounded.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

35:23And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:23And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away, for I am sore wounded.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

35:23And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:23And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am severely wounded.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

35:23The archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, |Take me away, because I am seriously wounded!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

35:23and the archers shoot at king Josiah, and the king saith to his servants, 'Remove me, for I have become very sick.'