# 2 Kings 22:20

> ‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.

— 2 Kings 22:20, Berean Standard Bible

## When

- c. 622-609 BC (dated by the text itself)
- Date source: 2 Kings 22:3 dates the finding of the Book of the Law by the eighteenth year of Josiah.

## Who ruled

- **Neco II**, pharaoh of Egypt, 610-595 BC · Source: Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II
- **Josiah**, king of Judah, 640-609 BC · Source: 2 Kings 22-23; 2 Chronicles 34-35; his death at Megiddo falls in the Egyptian campaign of 609 BC, which the Babylonian Chronicles record

## See also

- Psalms 37:37 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/37/37
- Isaiah 57:1-2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/57/1
- 1 Chronicles 17:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-chronicles/17/11
- Genesis 25:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/25/8
- Jeremiah 22:15-16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/22/15
- 2 Kings 23:29-30 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23/29
- Jeremiah 22:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/22/10

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/22/20
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/22
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).