2 Chronicles 35:1 Josiah2977 kept6213 a Passover6453 to Yahweh3068 in Jerusalem:3389 and they killed7819 the Passover6453 on the fourteenth702 day of the first7223 month.2320 cr 2 He set5975 the priests3548 in their offices,4931 and encouraged2388 them to the service5656 of the house1004 of Yahweh.3068 cr 3 He said559 to the Levites3881 who taught995 all Israel,3478 who were holy6918 to Yahweh,3068 "Put5414 the holy6944 ark727 in the house1004 which Solomon8010 the son1121 of David1732 king4428 of Israel3478 built.1129 There shall no more be a burden4853 on your shoulders.3802 Now serve5647 Yahweh3068 your God,430 and his people5971 Israel.3478 cr 4 Prepare3559 yourselves after your fathers'1 houses1004 by your divisions,4256 according to the writing3791 of David1732 king4428 of Israel,3478 and according to the writing4385 of Solomon8010 his son.1121 cr 5 Stand in5975 the holy6944 place according to the divisions6391 of the fathers'1 houses1004 of your brothers251 the children of the people,1121 and let there be for each a portion2515 of a fathers'1 house of the Levites.3881 cr 6 Kill7819 the Passover,6453 and sanctify6942 yourselves, and prepare3559 for your brothers,251 to do6213 according to the word1697 of Yahweh3068 by3027 Moses."4872 cr

2 Chronicles 35:7 Josiah2977 gave7311 to the children of the people,1121 of the flock,6629 lambs3532 and young goats,1121 all of them for the Passover offerings,6453 to all who were present,4672 to the number4557 of thirty7970 thousand,505 and three7969 thousand505 bulls:1241 these were of the king's4428 substance.7399 cr 8 His princes8269 gave7311 for a freewill offering5071 to the people,5971 to the priests,3548 and to the Levites.3881 Hilkiah2518 and Zechariah2148 and Jehiel,3171 the rulers5057 of the house1004 of God,430 gave5414 to the priests3548 for the Passover offerings6453 two thousand505 and six8337 hundred3967 small livestock, and three7969 hundred3967 head of cattle.1241 cr 9 Conaniah3562 also, and Shemaiah8098 and Nethanel,5417 his brothers,251 and Hashabiah2811 and Jeiel3273 and Jozabad,3107 the chiefs8269 of the Levites,3881 gave7311 to the Levites3881 for the Passover offerings6453 five2568 thousand505 small livestock, and five2568 hundred3967 head of cattle.1241 cr 10 So the service5656 was prepared,3559 and the priests3548 stood5975 in their place,5977 and the Levites3881 by their divisions,4256 according to the king's4428 commandment.4687 cr 11 They killed7819 the Passover,6453 and the priests3548 sprinkled2236 the blood which they received of their hand,3027 and the Levites3881 flayed6584 them. cr 12 They removed5493 the burnt offerings,5930 that they might give5414 them according to the divisions4653 of the fathers'1 houses of the children of the people,1121 to offer7126 to Yahweh,3068 as it is written3789 in the book5612 of Moses.4872 So they did with the cattle.1241 cr 13 They roasted1310 the Passover6453 with fire784 according to the ordinance:4941 and the holy6944 offerings boiled1310 they in pots,5518 and in caldrons,1731 and in pans,6745 and carried them quickly7323 to all the children of the people.1121 cr 14 Afterward310 they prepared3559 for themselves, and for the priests,3548 because the priests3548 the sons1121 of Aaron175 were busy with offering5927 the burnt offerings5927 and the fat2459 until night:3915 therefore the Levites3881 prepared3559 for themselves, and for the priests3548 the sons1121 of Aaron.175 cr 15 The singers7891 the sons1121 of Asaph623 were in their place,4612 according to the commandment4687 of David,1732 and Asaph,623 and Heman,1968 and Jeduthun3038 the king's4428 seer;2374 and the porters7778 were at every gate:8179 they didn't need to depart5493 from their service;5656 for their brothers251 the Levites3881 prepared3559 for them. cr 16 So all the service5656 of Yahweh3068 was prepared3559 the same day,3117 to keep6213 the Passover,6453 and to offer5927 burnt offerings5930 on the altar4196 of Yahweh,3068 according to the commandment4687 of king4428 Josiah.2977 cr 17 The children1121 of Israel3478 who were present4672 kept6213 the Passover6453 at that time,6256 and the feast2282 of unleavened bread4682 seven7651 days.3117 cr 18 There was no Passover6453 like3644 that kept6213 in Israel3478 from the days3117 of Samuel8050 the prophet;5030 neither did6213 any of the kings4428 of Israel3478 keep6213 such a Passover6453 as Josiah2977 kept,6213 and the priests,3548 and the Levites,3881 and all Judah3063 and Israel3478 who were present,4672 and the inhabitants3427 of Jerusalem.3389 cr 19 In the eighteenth8083 year8141 of the reign4438 of Josiah2977 was this Passover6453 kept.6213 cr 20 After310 all this, when Josiah2977 had prepared3559 the temple,1004 Neco5224 king4428 of Egypt4714 went up5927 to fight3898 against Carchemish3751 by the Euphrates:6578 and Josiah2977 went out3318 against7125 him. cr 21 But he sent7971 ambassadors4397 to him, saying,559 "What have I to do with you, you king4428 of Judah?3063 I come not against you this day,3117 but against the house1004 with which I have war.4421 God430 has commanded559 me to make haste.926 Beware2308 that it is God430 who is with me, that he not destroy7843 you." cr

2 Chronicles 35:22 Nevertheless Josiah2977 would not turn5437 his face6440 from him, but disguised2664 himself, that he might fight3898 with him, and didn't listen8085 to the words1697 of Neco5224 from the mouth6310 of God,430 and came935 to fight3898 in the valley1237 of Megiddo.4023 cr 23 The archers3384 shot3384 at king4428 Josiah;2977 and the king4428 said559 to his servants,5650 "Take me away,5674 because I am seriously3966 wounded!"2470 cr

2 Chronicles 35:24 So his servants5650 took5674 him out of the chariot,4818 and put7392 him in the second4932 chariot7393 that he had, and brought3212 him to Jerusalem;3389 and he died,4191 and was buried6912 in the tombs6913 of his fathers.1 All Judah3063 and Jerusalem3389 mourned56 for Josiah.2977 cr 25 Jeremiah3414 lamented6969 for Josiah:2977 and all the singing men7891 and singing women7891 spoke559 of Josiah2977 in their lamentations7015 to this day;3117 and they made5414 them an ordinance2706 in Israel:3478 and behold, they are written3789 in the lamentations.7015 cr 26 Now the rest3499 of the acts1697 of Josiah,2977 and his good2617 deeds, according to that which is written3789 in the law8451 of Yahweh,3068 cr 27 and his acts,1697 first7223 and last,314 behold, they are written3789 in the book5612 of the kings4428 of Israel3478 and Judah.3063 cr