2 Chronicles 35
1 Moreover
Josiah kept a
passover unto the
LORD in
Jerusalem: and they
killed the
passover on the
fourteenth day of the
first month. 2 And he
set the
priests in their
charges, and
encouraged them to the
service of the
house of the
LORD, 3 And
said unto the
Levites that
taught all
Israel, which were
holy unto the
LORD, Put the
holy ark in the
house which
Solomon the
son of
David king of
Israel did
build; it shall not be a
burden upon your
shoulders: serve now the
LORD your
God, and his
people Israel, 4 And
prepare yourselves by the
houses of your
fathers, after your
courses, according to the
writing of
David king of
Israel, and according to the
writing of
Solomon his
son. 5 And stand
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
sanctify 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 stood in their
place, and the
Levites in their
courses, according to the
king's commandment. 11 And they
killed the
passover, and the
priests sprinkled the blood from their
hands, and the
Levites flayed 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 in the
book of
Moses. And so did they with the
oxen. 13 And they
roasted the
passover with
fire according to the
ordinance: but the other
holy offerings
sod 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
commandment of
David, and
Asaph, and
Heman, and
Jeduthun the
king's seer; and the
porters waited 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 unleavened
bread seven days. 18 And there 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 After 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
God 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
disguised 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 His
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 all
Judah and
Jerusalem mourned for
Josiah. 25 And
Jeremiah lamented for
Josiah: and all the singing
men and the singing wo
men spake of
Josiah in their
lamentations to this
day, and
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
goodness, 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.