Texts · 8 · Josiah and Huldah

'Go up to Gilead for balm, virgin daughter Egypt'

Jeremiah and Ezekiel celebrate Egypt's humiliation in vivid poems: no medicine will heal her, and the nations have heard her shame.

Gloating at the killer of Josiah.

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From Judah's perspective, Pharaoh had murdered Josiah and manhandled the kingdom.

Bible reference: Jeremiah 46:11–12

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 125

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