2 Chronicles 35:20
After all this, when Josiah hath prepared the house, come up hath Necho king of Egypt, to fight against Carchemish by Phrat, and Josiah goeth forth to meet him;Ko e veesi ni 'i he māmani mo'oni
'I he ngaahi lea fē
- כַּרְכְּמִישׁKarkᵉmîyshKarkemish, a place in Syria
- נְכוֹNᵉkôwNeko, an Egyptian king
- פְּרָתPᵉrâthPerath (i.e. Euphrates), a river of the East
- יֹאשִׁיָּהYôʼshîyâhJoshijah, the name of two Israelites
- קִרְאָהqirʼâhan encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
- לָחַםlâchamto feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
- כּוּןkûwnproperly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a grea
- מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimMitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
+lea 'e 5 kehe 'i he veesi ni
Ko e ngaahi lea faka-Hepelū mo e faka-Kalisi 'oku tu'u 'i he tu'a 'o e veesi ni. 'E ha'u 'a e fakahoa lea-ki-he-lea mo e liliu lea-ki-he-lea.
Ko e me'a 'oku kei toe
- The Babylonian Chronicle on Carchemish, 605 BC'Aho pauThe battle Jeremiah uses to date a prophecy is recorded, to the year, in Babylon's own chronicle.