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2 Chronicles 35:24
So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — King Josiah has been struck by archers and ordered his attendants to remove him from his chariot. His servants carry out the transfer, transport him to Jerusalem, and record his death, burial, and the subsequent national mourning.
The words — The verbs וַ/יַּֽעֲבִירֻ֨/הוּ (va.ya'aviru hu) and וַֽ/יַּרְכִּיבֻ֥/הוּ (va.yarkhi vu hu) denote the physical removal and seating of Josiah into a second chariot. The term הַ/מִּשְׁנֶה (ha.mishneh) explicitly identifies the replacement vehicle, marking the logistical response to his fatal wound.
The thread — The narrative sequence mirrors the account in 2 Kings 23:30, where royal servants transport a mortally wounded king from Megiddo to Jerusalem for burial. The established mourning ritual connects to the later prophetic reference in Zechariah 12:11 regarding Megiddo, while the burial fulfills the earlier declaration in 2 Chronicles 34:28.
Why it lands — The verse records the factual mechanics of royal transport, death, and communal lament without theological commentary. It requires the reader to observe the historical continuity between a king's battlefield injury and the institutionalized response of Judah and Jerusalem.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
Cross-references
- Zechariah 12:11 On that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
- 2 Kings 23:30 From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
- 2 Chronicles 34:28 ‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its people.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
- Psalms 36:6 Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
- Ecclesiastes 8:14 There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1 So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
- Genesis 41:43 He had Joseph ride in his second chariot, with men calling out before him, “Bow the knee!” So he placed him over all the land of Egypt.