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God promises King Josiah that he will have a peaceful death 2Kings 22v20 but Josiah died from an arrow wound in battle 2Chronicles 35v23?
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2 Kings 22:20 explains what it means by 'peace' in the line that follows. It is national peace (i.e. during peacetime), and not a peaceful personal death for Josiah:
'Therefore I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster I am going to bring on this place.' (2 Kings 22:20, NIV)
King Josiah reigned after the chaotic rules of Manasseh and Amon, under whose leadership the nation of Judah was promised the punishment of catastrophic exile. For God to say that Josiah would be buried 'in peace' and not in a time of disaster must be seen against this background. In contrast to the evils of the coming exile, Josiah's repentance and obedience had seen a 'stay of execution' that meant he would die while peace reigned.
Thus this passage says very little about the kind of death he would die, but rather it describes the condition of the kingdom at the time of his death. Any intended personal peace for Josiah within this promise had to do with being spared from the coming suffering and not having to preside over such horrors, but it makes no promises about his own end.
As promised, Judah did not experience its destruction during the lifetime of Josiah, and although he died in battle, Judah was not at war. His death was the result of his foolish meddling in the wars of others. Thus the words in 2 Kings are accurate.
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