2 Chronicles 35

1And JosiahH2977 kept a passoverH6453 unto Jehovah in JerusalemH3389: and they killed the passoverH6453 on the fourteenth day of the firstH7223 monthH2320. 2And he setH5975 the priestsH3548 in their offices, and encouragedH2388 them to the serviceH5656 of the houseH1004 of Jehovah. 3And he saidH559 unto the LevitesH3881 that taught all IsraelH3478, that were holyH6944 unto Jehovah, PutH5414 the holyH6944 arkH727 in the houseH1004 which SolomonH8010 the sonH1121 of DavidH1732 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478 did buildH1129; there shall no more be a burdenH4853 upon your shouldersH3802. NowH6258 serveH5647 Jehovah your GodH430, and his peopleH5971 IsraelH3478; 4and prepareH3559 yourselves after your fathers’H1 housesH1004 by your courses, according to the writing of DavidH1732 kingH4428 of IsraelH3478, and according to the writing of SolomonH8010 his sonH1121. 5And standH5975 in the holyH6944 placeH6944 according to the divisions of the fathers’H1 housesH1004 of your brethren the children of the peopleH5971, and let there be for each a portion of a father’sH1 houseH1004 of the LevitesH3881. 6And kill the passoverH6453, and sanctifyH6942 yourselves, and prepareH3559 for your brethren, to do according to the wordH1697 of Jehovah by MosesH4872.

7And JosiahH2977 gave to the children of the peopleH5971, of the flockH6629, lambsH3532 and kids, all of them for the passover-offerings, unto all that were present, to the numberH4557 of thirtyH7970 thousandH505, and threeH7969 thousandH505 bullocks: these were of the king’sH4428 substance. 8And his princesH8269 gaveH5414 for a freewill-offering unto the peopleH5971, to the priestsH3548, and to the LevitesH3881. HilkiahH2518 and ZechariahH2148 and JehielH3171, the rulers of the houseH1004 of GodH430, gaveH5414 unto the priestsH3548 for the passover-offerings twoH3967 thousandH505 and sixH8337 hundredH3967 small cattleH1241, and threeH7969 hundredH3967 oxenH1241. 9Conaniah also, and ShemaiahH8098 and NethanelH5417, his brethren, and HashabiahH2811 and JeielH3273 and JozabadH3107, the chiefsH8269 of the LevitesH3881, gave unto the LevitesH3881 for the passover-offerings fiveH2568 thousandH505 small cattleH1241, and fiveH2568 hundredH3967 oxenH1241.

10So the serviceH5656 was preparedH3559, and the priestsH3548 stoodH5975 in their place, and the LevitesH3881 by their courses, according to the king’sH4428 commandmentH4687. 11And they killed the passoverH6453, and the priestsH3548 sprinkledH2236 the blood which they received of their handH3027, and the LevitesH3881 flayed them. 12And they removedH5493 the burnt-offerings, that they might giveH5414 them according to the divisions of the fathers’H1 housesH1004 of the children of the peopleH5971, to offer unto Jehovah, as it is writtenH3789 in the bookH5612 of MosesH4872. And soH3651 did they with the oxenH1241. 13And they roasted the passoverH6453 with fireH784 according to the ordinanceH4941: and the holyH6944 offerings boiledH1310 they in potsH5518, and in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quicklyH7323 to all the children of the peopleH5971. 14And afterward they preparedH3559 for themselves, and for the priestsH3548, because the priestsH3548 the sonsH1121 of AaronH175 were busied in offeringH5927 the burnt-offerings and the fatH2459 until nightH3915: therefore the LevitesH3881 preparedH3559 for themselves, and for the priestsH3548 the sonsH1121 of AaronH175. 15And the singersH7891 the sonsH1121 of AsaphH623 were in their place, according to the commandmentH4687 of DavidH1732, and AsaphH623, and HemanH1968, and JeduthunH3038 the king’sH4428 seerH2374; and the porters were at every gateH8179: they needed not to departH5493 from their serviceH5656; for their brethren the LevitesH3881 preparedH3559 for them.

16So all the serviceH5656 of Jehovah was preparedH3559 the same dayH3117, to keep the passoverH6453, and to offerH5927 burnt-offerings upon the altarH4196 of Jehovah, according to the commandmentH4687 of kingH4428 JosiahH2977. 17And the children of IsraelH3478 that were present kept the passoverH6453 at that timeH6256, and the feastH2282 of unleavenedH4682 breadH4682 sevenH7651 daysH3117. 18And there was no passoverH6453 likeH3644 to that kept in IsraelH3478 from the daysH3117 of SamuelH8050 the prophetH5030; neither did any of the kingsH4428 of IsraelH3478 keep such a passoverH6453 as JosiahH2977 kept, and the priestsH3548, and the LevitesH3881, and all JudahH3063 and IsraelH3478 that were present, and the inhabitantsH3427 of JerusalemH3389. 19In the eighteenth yearH8141 of the reignH4438 of JosiahH2977 was this passoverH6453 kept.

20After all this, whenH834 JosiahH2977 had preparedH3559 the temple, Neco kingH4428 of EgyptH4714 wentH3318 up to fightH3898 against CarchemishH3751 by the EuphratesH6578: and JosiahH2977 wentH3318 out against him. 21But he sentH7971 ambassadors to him, sayingH559, What have I to do with thee, thou kingH4428 of JudahH3063? I come not against thee this dayH3117, but against the houseH1004 wherewith I have warH4421; and GodH430 hath commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with GodH430, who is with me, that he destroyH7843 thee not. 22Nevertheless JosiahH2977 would not turnH5437 his faceH6440 from him, but disguisedH2664 himself, that he might fightH3898 with him, and hearkened not unto the wordsH1697 of Neco from the mouthH6310 of GodH430, and cameH935 to fightH3898 in the valleyH1237 of MegiddoH4023. 23And the archersH3384 shotH3384 at kingH4428 JosiahH2977; and the kingH4428 saidH559 to his servantsH5650, Have me awayH5674; for I am sore woundedH2470. 24So his servantsH5650 took him out of the chariotH4818, and putH4191 him in the secondH4932 chariotH4818 that he had, and brought him to JerusalemH3389; and he diedH4191, and was buriedH6912 in the sepulchres of his fathersH1. And all JudahH3063 and JerusalemH3389 mournedH56 for JosiahH2977. 25And JeremiahH3414 lamented for JosiahH2977: and all the singingH7891 men and singingH7891 women spake of JosiahH2977 in their lamentationsH7015 unto this dayH3117; and they madeH5414 them an ordinance in IsraelH3478: and, behold, they are writtenH3789 in the lamentationsH7015. 26Now the restH3499 of the acts of JosiahH2977, and his good deeds, according to that which is writtenH3789 in the lawH8451 of Jehovah, 27and his acts, firstH7223 and lastH314, behold, they are writtenH3789 in the bookH5612 of the kingsH4428 of IsraelH3478 and JudahH3063.