2 Chronicles 35:24

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.

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 34:28 Prophetic fulfillment

2 Chronicles 34:28 promised Josiah he would be gathered to his grave in peace — here that promise is fulfilled as he dies before the disaster.

In 2 Kings 23:30, the same account of Josiah's death and burial is given, confirming the details of the Chronicles version.

Zechariah 12:11 explicitly references the mourning at Megiddo for Josiah — showing its lasting prophetic significance.

Isaiah 57:1 Related theme

Isaiah 57:1 says the righteous are taken away from evil — Josiah's death before the exile exemplifies this principle.