22. But Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight against him; and he hearkened not to the words of Necho from the mouth of God and he 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. And his servants took him out from the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem. And he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
25. And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah; and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance for Israel. And behold, they are written in the lamentations.
26. And the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the law of Jehovah,
27. and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.