2 Chronicles 35:23

Easy-to-Read Version

Then King Josiah was shot by arrows while he was in the battle. He told his servants, "Take me away, I am wounded badly!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The archers shot King Josiah, and he said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am severely wounded!”

Hebrew Names Version
The archers shot at king Yoshiyahu; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

King James Version
And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

English Standard Version
And the archers shot King Josiah. And the king said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am badly wounded."

New Century Version
In the battle King Josiah was shot by archers. He told his servants, "Take me away because I am badly wounded."

New English Translation
Archers shot King Josiah; the king ordered his servants, "Take me out of this chariot, for I am seriously wounded."

Amplified Bible
The archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am badly wounded."

New American Standard Bible
The archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am badly wounded."

World English Bible
The archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the shooters shot at king Iosiah: then the King saide to his seruants, Cary me away, for I am very sicke.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am badly wounded."

Berean Standard Bible
There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am severely wounded!"

Contemporary English Version
During the battle an Egyptian soldier shot Josiah with an arrow. Josiah told his servants, "Get me out of here! I've been hit."

Complete Jewish Bible
There archers shot King Yoshiyahu. The king said to his servants, "Take me away, because I'm badly wounded."

Darby Translation
And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away, for I am sore wounded.

George Lamsa Translation
Then Pharaoh the lame shot two arrows at Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Take me away; for I am severely wounded.

Good News Translation
During the battle King Josiah was struck by Egyptian arrows. He ordered his servants, "Take me away; I'm badly hurt!"

Lexham English Bible
And the archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am badly wounded."

Literal Translation
And the archers shot at King Josiah. And the king said to his servants, Carry me out, for I am severely wounded.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the Archers shot at kynge Iosias. And the kynge sayde vnto his seruauntes: Cary me awaye, for I am sore wounded.

American Standard Version
And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

Bible in Basic English
And the bowmen sent their arrows at King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am badly wounded.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the shooters shot dartes at king Iosia: And the king sayde to his seruauntes, Carie me away, for I am sore wounded.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants: 'Have me away; for I am sore wounded.'

King James Version (1611)
And the archers shot at king Iosiah: and the King saide to his seruants, Haue mee away, for I am sore wounded.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the archers shot at king Josias; and the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am severely wounded.

English Revised Version
And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And there he was woundide of archeris, and seide to hise children, `Lede ye me out of the batel, for Y am woundid greetli.

Update Bible Version
And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his slaves, Take me away; for I am critically wounded.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am severely wounded.

New King James Version
And the archers shot King Josiah; and the king said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am severely wounded."

New Living Translation
But the enemy archers hit King Josiah with their arrows and wounded him. He cried out to his men, "Take me from the battle, for I am badly wounded!"

New Life Bible
And the bowmen shot King Josiah. The king told his servants, "Take me away, for I am hurt."

New Revised Standard
The archers shot King Josiah; and the king said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am badly wounded."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the archers shot at King Josiah, - and the king said unto his servants, Take me away, for I am sore wounded.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there he was wounded by the archers, and he said to his servants: Carry me out of the battle, for I am grievously wounded.

Revised Standard Version
And the archers shot King Josi'ah; and the king said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am badly wounded."

Young's Literal Translation
and the archers shoot at king Josiah, and the king saith to his servants, `Remove me, for I have become very sick.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am badly wounded."

Contextual Overview

²⁰ Josiah did all these good things for the Temple. Later, King Neco of Egypt led an army to fight against the town of Carchemish on the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to fight against Neco. ²¹ But Neco sent messengers to Josiah. They said, "King Josiah, this war is not your problem. I didn't come to fight against you. I came to fight my enemies. God told me to hurry. He is on my side, so don't bother me. If you fight against me, God will destroy you!" ²² But Josiah did not go away. He put on different clothes to hide who he was and went to fight the battle. Josiah refused to listen to the warning Neco had received from God and went to fight on the plain of Megiddo. ²³ Then King Josiah was shot by arrows while he was in the battle. He told his servants, "Take me away, I am wounded badly!" ²⁴ So the servants took Josiah out of his chariot and put him in another chariot he had brought with him to the battle. Then they took Josiah to Jerusalem. He died there and was buried in the tombs where his ancestors were buried. All the people of Judah and Jerusalem were very sad because Josiah was dead. ²⁵ Jeremiah wrote and sang some funeral songs for Josiah. And the men and women singers still sing these sad songs today. It became something the people of Israel always do—they sing a sad song for Josiah. These songs are written in the book, Funeral Songs. ²⁶Everything else Josiah did while he was king, from the beginning to the end of his rule, is written in the book, The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah. The book tells about the way he served God faithfully by obeying the law of the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the archers: 2 Chronicles 18:33, Genesis 49:23, 2 Kings 9:24, Lamentations 3:13

wounded: Heb. made sick, 1 Kings 22:34, 2 Kings 8:29

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 18:29 - the king Jeremiah 22:10 - Weep ye

Cross-References

Genesis 33:2
Jacob put the maids with their children first. Then he put Leah and her children behind them, and he put Rachel and Joseph in the last place.

Genesis 35:2
So Jacob told his family and all the other people with him, "Destroy all these foreign gods that you have. Make yourselves pure. Put on clean clothes.

Genesis 35:4
So the people gave Jacob all the foreign gods they had, and they gave him all the rings they were wearing in their ears. He buried everything under an oak tree near the town called Shechem.

Genesis 35:8
Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died there. They buried her under the oak tree at Bethel. They named that place Allon Bacuth.

Genesis 35:18
Rachel died while giving birth to the son. Before dying, she named the boy Benoni. But Jacob called him Benjamin.

Genesis 35:20
Jacob put a special rock on Rachel's grave to honor her. That special rock is still there today.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the archers shot at King Josiah,.... For, though disguised, he appeared to be a general officer, and indeed chief commander, and therefore aimed at him, and pressed him hard:

and the king said to his servants, have me away, for I am wounded; as Ahab said, when in the like case, 1 Kings 22:34.