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NASB | 2 Chronicles 35:21 But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, "What have we to do with each other, O King of Judah? I am not coming against you today but against the house with which I am at war, and God has ordered me to hurry. Stop for your own sake from interfering with God who is with me, so that He will not destroy you." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Chronicles 35:21 But Neco sent messengers to Josiah, saying, "What business do we have with each other, O King of Judah? I am not coming against you today, but against the house with which I am at war, and God has ordered me to hurry. Stop for your own sake from interfering with God who is with me, so that He will not destroy you." |
Bible Question: In 2Chron.34:28 Huldah the prophetess states that king Josiah will be: "...gathered to your grave in peace..." Yet in the very next chapter he is wounded in battle and dies: 2Chron.35:23,24. Is there anything to suggest that Huldah was a false prophetess and if not, then how can the prophecy and what actually happened be reconciled? |
Bible Answer: 2 Chr 34:27, 28 "Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the LORD. "Behold, I will gather you to your fathers and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, so your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants.""' And they brought back word to the king. Hi Seedsower, Welcome to the Forum, The text says, "so your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants." My guess at the meaning of peace, in light of the way King Josiah died, is that the land of Judah under Josiah's reign was not in turmoil, that God had not yet brought the "all the evil" that would come upon Judah after King Josiah's peaceful and righteous reign was over. So, though he personally died as a result of the voilence of war, he and Judah were enjoying a time of peace and favor with God. In Addition: 2 Chr 35:24 So his servants took him out of the chariot and carried him in the second chariot which he had, and brought him to Jerusalem where he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. You'll also note that King Josiah did not die on the battle field. The wounds he suffered were severe, but not so severe as to result in his immediate death on the field of battle. He was brought all the way back to Jerusalem. And it does not say how many days or weeks he lived after he got back home, so his passing might have been--and I would say, was--peaceful in contrast to dying in agony. Peace, Lionstrong |