2Ch 35 | ABEn | STEP | And Josiah observed the passover in Jerusalem to the lord his God. And he sacrificed the passover on the fourteenth of the [ 2 month 1 first].

2 Chronicles 35

CHAPTER 35 Josiah Observes the Passover

1 And Josiah observed the passover in Jerusalem to the lord his God. And he sacrificed the passover on the fourteenth of the [²month ¹first]. 2 And he stationed the priests at their watches, and he strengthened them for the works of the house of the lord. 3 And he spoke to the Levites, to the mighty ones in all Israel, to sanctify themselves to the lord, and to put the [²ark ¹holy] in the house of the lord. And they put the [²ark ¹holy] in the house which [⁷built ¹Solomon ²son ³of David ⁴the ⁵king ⁶of Israel]. And [³said ¹the ²king], It is not for you to lift [²upon ³your shoulders ¹anything]. Now then, you officiate to the lord your God, and to his people Israel! 4 And be prepared according to the houses of your families, and according to your daily rotations, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and by the hand of Solomon his son! 5 And stand in the house according to the divisions of the houses of your families, of your brethren, the sons of the people, and the portion of the house of the family to the Levites! 6 And sacrifice the passover, and [²the ³holy things ¹prepare] for your brethren! to observe according to the word of the lord by the hand of Moses. 7 And Josiah dedicated for the sons of the people -- sheep, and lambs, and kids from the sons of the goats, all for the passover, to everyone being found -- in number thirty thousand, and [³calves ¹three ²thousand]. These were of the substance of the king. 8 And his rulers dedicated to the people, and to the priests, and to the Levites; and Helkiah and Zechariah and Jeiel the rulers of the house of God gave to the priests for the passover -- sheeps and lambs and kids -- two thousand and six hundred, and [²calves ¹three hundred]. 9 And Conaniah, and Shemaiah, and Nethaneel his brother, and Hashabiah, and Jehiel, and Jozabad, rulers of the Levites, dedicated to the Levites for the passover -- [²sheep ¹five thousand], and [²calves ¹five hundred]. 10 And [³was set up ¹the ²ministration], and [³stood ¹the ²priests] at their station, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the commandment of the king. 11 And they sacrificed the passover. And [³poured ¹the ²priests] the blood from out of their hand, and the Levites flayed. 12 And they prepared the whole burnt-offering, to deliver them according to the division, according to the houses of the families to the sons of the people, to offer to the lord, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so it was into the morning. 13 And they roasted the passover in fire according to the ordinance. And the holy pieces they boiled in the brass cauldrons, and in the kettles. And the way prospered, and they ran it to all the sons of the people. 14 And after this they prepared for themselves, and for the priests (for the priests, the sons of Aaron, in offering of the whole burnt-offerings and of the fat,) until night. And the Levites prepared for themselves, and for their brethren the sons of Aaron. 15 And the psalm singers, the sons of Asaph were at their station, according to the commands of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun of the prophets of the king; and the rulers, and the gatekeepers, were stationed gate by gate; it was not for them to move from their ministration, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. 16 And [⁵was set up ¹all ²the ³ministration ⁴of the lord] in that day, to observe the passover, and to offer the whole burnt-offerings upon the altar of the lord, according to the command of king Josiah. 17 And [⁵observed ¹the ²sons ³of Israel ⁴being found present] the passover at that time, and the holiday of the unleavened breads seven days. 18 And there was not a passover likened to it in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; for all kings of Israel did not do the passover which Josiah did, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel, the ones being found, and the ones dwelling in Jerusalem, to the lord. 19 In the eighteenth year of the kingdom of Josiah [²was observed ¹this passover]. 20 And after all these things which Josiah prepared for the house, [⁵ascended up ¹Pharaoh ²Necho ³king ⁴of Egypt] against the king of the Assyrians at the river Euphrates, to wage war against him at Carchemish. And [³went ¹king ²Josiah] to meet against him. 21 And he sent to him messengers, saying, What is it to me and to you, O king of Judah? [²not ³against ⁴you ¹I come] today to make war, but only against the place of my war; and God told me to hasten. You take heed of the God, of the one with me, lest he ruin you. 22 And [²did not ³turn ¹Josiah] his face from him, but he fortified himself to wage war against him. And he did not hearken concerning the words of Pharaoh Necho by the mouth of God. And he came to wage war in the plain of Megiddo.

Josiah Wounded in Battle

23 And [³shot ¹the ²bowmen] unto king Josiah. And [³said ¹the ²king] to his servants, Lead me out! for I am in pain exceedingly. 24 And [²led ³him ¹his servants] from the chariot, and hauled him upon the [²chariot ¹second] which was his; and they led him to Jerusalem, and he died, and he was entombed with his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned over Josiah. 25 And Jeremiah lamented over Josiah. And [⁷spoke ¹all ²the ³rulers ⁴and ⁵the ⁶ones in control] a lamentation over Josiah spoken until today. And they appointed it as an order unto Israel, and behold, it is written in the lamentations. 26 And [⁷were ¹the ²rest ³of the words ⁴of Josiah ⁵and ⁶his hope] being written in the law of the lord. 27 And his words, the first and the last, behold, they are written upon the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah.