Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 23:29

29 ¶ In his days Pharaoh nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates : and king Josiah went against him ; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him .

Called Necos by Herodotus, who makes mention of this Fight; wherein, as he saith, Ne[illegible: 1+ letters]os conquered the Syrians in Magdalo.

i. e. The King of Babylon, who having formerly Rebelled against the Assyrian his Lord, had now conquered him; as appears by the course of the Sacred, and the concurrence of the Prophane History; and therefore is here and elsewhere called the Assyrian, and the king of Assyria, because now he was the Head of that Empire.

i. e. Against Carchemish by Euphrates, as it is expressed, 2 Chron. 3[illegible: 1+ letters]. 20. which the Assyrian had taken from the Syrians, Isa. 10. 9. Pharach's Confederates, who therefore sendeth Forces against the Assyrian, that he might both help them, and secure himself.

Either to defend his own Country from Pharaoh's Incursions; or to Assist the King of Babylon▪ with whom he seems to have been in League, as was noted before.

i. e. Gave him his Deaths Wound there; though he died not till he came to Ierusalem, 2 Chron. 35▪ 23, 24.

i. e. When he Fought with him, or in the first Onset. Thus Fighting is called a looking in the face, 2 King. 14. 8.

Marginal references: 2 Chron. 35▪ [illegible: 1 word]; Zech. 12. 11▪