2 Chronicles 35

Moreover aJosiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the bfourteenth day of the first month. 2 And he set the priests in their ccharges, and dencouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD, 3 And said unto the Levites ethat taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, fPut the holy ark gin the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; hit shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel, 4 And prepare yourselves by the ihouses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the jwriting of David king of Israel, and according to the kwriting of Solomon his son. 5 And lstand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites. 6 So kill the passover, and msanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

7 And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance. 8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. 9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. 10 So the service was prepared, and the priests nstood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.

11 And they killed the passover, and the priests osprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites pflayed them. 12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written qin the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. 13 And they sroasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings rsod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.

14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. 15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the tcommandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters uwaited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah. 17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of vunleavened bread seven days. 18 And wthere was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.

20 xAfter all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. 21 But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for yGod commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but zdisguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. 23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. 24 aHis 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 ball Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

25 And Jeremiah clamented for Josiah: and dall the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, eand made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his fgoodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD, 27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

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Cross Ref
1 a 2 Kin 23:21
 b Exo 12:6
2 c 2 Chr 23:18
Ezr 6:18
 d 1 Chr 22:19
3 e Deu 33:10
 f 2 Chr 34:14
 g 2 Chr 5:7
 h 1 Chr 23:26
4 i 1 Chr 9:10
 j 1 Chr 23
 k 2 Chr 8:14
5 l Psa 134:1
6 m Exo 19:10
2 Chr 29:5
Job 1:5
Psa 51:7
Heb 9:13-14
10 n Ezr 6:18
11 o Lev 1:5-6
2 Chr 29:22
 p 2 Chr 29:34
12 q Lev 3:3
13 r 1 Sam 2:13-15
 s Deu 16:7
Exo 12:8
15 t 1 Chr 25:1
 u 1 Chr 9:17-18
1 Chr 26:14
17 v Exo 12:15
2 Chr 30:21
1 Cor 5:7-8
18 w 2 Kin 23:22-23
20 x 2 Kin 23:29
Jer 46:2
21 y Dan 4:35
2 Kin 18:25
22 z 1 Kin 14:2
2 Chr 18:29
24 a 2 Kin 23:30
 b Zec 12:11
25 c Jer 22:10
Lam 4:20
 d Ecc 12:5
Jer 9:17
Mat 9:23
 e Jer 22:20
26 f Psa 112:6
Pro 22:1