15 This is the account of those whom King Solʹo·mon conscripted for forced labor+ to build the house of Jehovah,+ his own house,* the Mound,*+ the wall of Jerusalem, Haʹzor,+ Me·gidʹdo,+ and Geʹzer.+

20 After all of this, when Jo·siʹah had prepared the temple,* King Neʹcho+ of Egypt came up to fight at Carʹche·mish by the Eu·phraʹtes. Then Jo·siʹah went out against him.+ 21 So he sent messengers to him, saying: “What does this have to do with you, O king of Judah? I am not coming against you today, but my fight is against another house, and God says that I should hurry. For your own sake, refrain from opposing God, who is with me, or he will bring you to ruin.” 22 However, Jo·siʹah would not turn away from him, but he disguised himself+ to fight against him and would not listen to the words of Neʹcho, which were from the mouth of God. So he came to fight in the Plain of Me·gidʹdo.+

23 And the archers shot King Jo·siʹah, and the king said to his servants: “Get me out of here, for I am severely wounded.” 24 So his servants took him out of the chariot and had him ride in his second war chariot and brought him to Jerusalem. Thus he died and was buried in the tomb of his forefathers,+ and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned Jo·siʹah. 25 And Jeremiah+ chanted over Jo·siʹah, and all the male and female singers+ keep singing about Jo·siʹah in their dirges* down to this day; and a decision was made that they should be sung in Israel, and they are written among the dirges.

11 In that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be great, like the wailing at Ha·dad·rimʹmon in the Plain of Me·gidʹdo.+