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.
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Gill's Exposition
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah,.... Composed a lamentation for him, which is now lost; for what is said in Lam 4:20 respects Zedekiah, and not Josiah:
and all the singing men, and all the singing…
Barnes' Notes
The fate of Josiah was unprecedented. No king of Judah had, up to this time, fallen in battle. None had left his land at the mercy of a foreign conqueror. Hence, the extraordinary character of the…
Adam Clarke
The second chariot - Perhaps this means no more than that they took Josiah out of his own chariot and put him into another, either for secrecy, or because his own had been disabled. The chariot into…
It was thirteen years from Josiah's famous passover to his death. During this time, we may hope, thing went well in his kingdom, that he prospered, and religion flourished; yet we are not entertained…
Cambridge Bible
His servants therefore took him out ofthat chariot R.V. So his servants took him out of the chariot.
the second chariot War chariots were small, with (apparently) only standing room for their…
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