During his reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the River Euphrates. King Josiah went to confront him, and at Megiddo when Neco saw him he killed him.
Jonathan said to the attendant who carried his weapons, ‘Come on, let’s cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will help us. Nothing can keep the Lord from saving, whether by many or by few.’
Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me,