World English Bible

1 Esdras 1:29-32 World English Bible (WEB)

29. but joined battle with him in the plain of Megiddo, and the princes came down against King Josias.

30. Then said the king to his servants, Carry me away out of the battle; for I am very weak. And immediately his servants carried him away out of the host.

31. Then got he up upon his second chariot; and being brought back to Jerusalem he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his fathers.

32. And in all Jewry they mourned for Josias; and Jeremy the prophet lamented for Josias, and the chief men with the women made lamentation for him, to this day: and this was given out for an ordinance to be done continually in all the nation of Israel.