After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple When he and his people hoped that God was reconciled, and the foundation of a lasting happiness laid, their hopes were quickly blasted. So much are men often mistaken in their judgments about the designs of God's providence. To fight against Charchemish Which the Assyrian had lately taken from the king of Egypt, of which he boasts, Isaiah 10:9.
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2 Chronicles 35:20
20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple,h Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.