# 2 Kings 23:29

> At the end of Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.

— 2 Kings 23:29, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Assyria** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/assyria
- **Egypt** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/egypt
- **Megiddo** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/megiddo
- **Euphrates** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/euphrates

## 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, named in the text · 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

- Jeremiah 46:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/46/2
- 2 Chronicles 35:20-24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-chronicles/35/20
- Judges 5:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/judges/5/19
- Zechariah 12:11 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/zechariah/12/11

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23/29
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/2-kings/23
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).