1 Esdras 1:27
Source: Septuagint
27I am not sent out from the Lord God against thee; for my war is upon Euphrates: and now the Lord is with me, yea the Lord is with me hastening me forward: depart from me, and be not against the Lord.
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25Now after all these acts of Josiah it came to pass that Pharaoh the king of Egypt came to raise war at Carchemish upon Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.
26But the king of Egypt sent to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, O king of Judea?
— 1 Esdras 1:27 —
28Howbeit Josiah did not turn back his chariot from him, but undertook to fight with him, not regarding the words of the prophet Jeremiah spoken by the mouth of the Lord:
29but joined battle with him in the plain of Megiddo, and the princes came against King Josiah.