After King Josiah had done all this for the Temple, King Neco of Egypt led an army to fight at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. Josiah tried to stop him…
Doing what is good and right doesn’t necessarily lead to good circumstances. Josiah clearly based his actions on the promise to die in peace (2 Chronicles 34:28), but this was putting God to the test (Matthew 4:5-7). He paid the price. To be avoided…
…Neco sent Josiah this message: “This war I am fighting does not concern you, King of Judah. I have not come to fight you, but to fight my enemies, and God has told me to hurry. God is on my side, so don’t oppose me, or he will destroy you.” But Josiah was determined to fight. He refused to listen to what God was saying through King Neco…
The Lord God also speaks through people that are not his own (Numbers 22:9).
Josiah was determined to fight. He refused to listen to what God was saying through King Neco, so he disguised himself and went into battle on the plain of Megiddo. During the battle King Josiah was struck by Egyptian arrows.
Just like with Ahab (1 Kings 22:29-38). There is no “by chance” with you, Lord!
King Josiah… died and was buried in the royal tombs. All the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned his death.
No one will mourn me, I’m afraid. I will just pass into obscurity…
Zedekiah… became king of Judah… He… rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to swear in God’s name that he would be loyal.
The word is sacred (Jeremiah 34:18-19) – and that for everyone (Genesis 15:17-18).
…what the Lord had foretold through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: “The land will lie desolate for seventy years, to make up for the Sabbath rest[c] that has not been observed.”
Leviticus 25:1-7. How your plans are vast, Father! May I patiently wait to see them unfold (Habakkuk 2:2-3).