2 Against ^aEgypt. ^bConcerning the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, which was by the River Euphrates in Carchemish, and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ^cdefeated in the ^dfourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: ‡

3 “Order¹ the buckler and shield,
And draw near to battle! ‡