CHAPTER XXXIII: JEHOAHAZ (B.C. 608) [33]411

THE DEATH OF JOSIAH (B.C. 608) [32]402

Prosperity and happiness of Josiah--Accession of the great Pharaoh Necho II.--His excursion against Carchemish--Josiah determines to bar his path--Warnings of Pharaoh Necho--Disaster at Megiddo and death of Josiah--Mistaken hopes--God's dealings with men and nations--Distress among Josiah's subjects--The king's burial--Misgivings respecting the future--Sorrow of Jeremiah--Ultimate fulfilments.

JEHOAHAZ (B.C. 608) [33]411

Four sons of Josiah--Shallum chosen by the people of the land--Elegy of Ezekiel--Change of name from Shallum to Jehoahaz--Conquests of Pharaoh Necho II.--Jehoahaz summoned to Riblah--Carried captive by Pharaoh to Egypt--Tribute imposed on Judæa.