The archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, because I am seriously wounded!”
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The archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, because I am seriously wounded!”
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And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
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And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants: 'Have me away; for I am sore wounded.'
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 35:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Kings 22:34 A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of his chariot, “Turn your hand, and carry me out of the battle; for I am severely wounded.”
- Genesis 49:23 The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:
- 2 Kings 8:29 King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
- 2 Kings 9:24 Jehu drew his bow with his full strength, and struck Joram between his arms; and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot.
- Lamentations 3:13 He has caused the shafts of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.
- 2 Chronicles 18:33 A certain man drew his bow at random, and struck the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. Therefore he said to the driver of the chariot, “Turn your hand, and carry me out of the army; for I am severely wounded.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 35:23 And the archers shot at king Josiah;…
2Ch 35:23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
Ver. 23. For I am sore wounded.] There wanted not those malignants, likely, that would say, It was just upon him for his foolhardiness and impiety in pulling down those things which his predecessors had set up, &c.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And his servants therefore took him out of that…
And his servants therefore took him out of that chariot,.... Dead, and had him to Jerusalem, and buried him; See Gill on Kg2 23:30,
and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah; he having been so good a king, so tender of them, and such an happy instrument in restoring the true religion, and the service of God; this was the sense of the generality of them, who were sincere in their mourning; but it is not improbable that those who were inclined to idolatry were secretly glad, though they dissembled mourning with the rest.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. the archers shot] Cp. the death of Ahab,…
23. the archers shot] Cp. the death of Ahab, 2Ch_18:33. 1Es_1:29 has an inferior reading, viz. “the princes came down against king Josias.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) And the archers shot.—Comp. the death of Ahab…
(23) And the archers shot.—Comp. the death of Ahab (2Ch_18:33, and of Saul, 1Ch_10:3).
Have me away.—LXX., Ἐξαγάγετέ με. “Take me out” (of the war-chariot).
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For I am sore wounded.—So Ahab. (2Ch_18:33).
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 All Judah and Jerusalem
All Judah and Jerusalem
"Judah" and "Jerusalem" represent the people who live there. AT: "All the people of Judah and Jerusalem" (See: Metonymy)
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