23. Archers shot King Josiah, and he told his officers, ‘Take me away; I am badly wounded.’
24. So they took him out of his chariot, put him in his other chariot and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.
25. Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers commemorate Josiah in the laments. These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.
26. The other events of Josiah’s reign and his acts of devotion in accordance with what is written in the Law of the Lord –
27. all the events, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Is-