2 Tawarikh 35:21-22

35:21 Necho ¹  sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? ²  I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. ³  God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.” ⁴  35:22 But Josiah did not turn back from him; ⁵  he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously ⁶  the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo. ⁷ 

[35:21]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[35:21]  ² tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

[35:21]  ³ tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

[35:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”

[35:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “and Josiah did not turn his face from him.”

[35:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “listen to.”

[35:22]  ⁷ map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.