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II Chronicles
Chapter 35
1
Moreover Josiah kept a Passover
unto
Jehovah/God 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 Jehovah/God, 3
and
said unto the Levites that taught all Israel,
which
were holy unto Jehovah/God,
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 Jehovah/God your 'Elohiym/Godhead,
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 Jehovah/God
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 'Elohiym/Godhead,
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 Jehovah/God,
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 Jehovah/God
was
prepared the same day,
to
keep the Passover,
and
to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of Jehovah/God,
according
to the commandment of king Josiah.
17
And the children of Israel
who
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 you, you king of Judah?
I
come not against you this day,
but
against the house wherewith I have war . . .
for
'Elohiym/Godhead commanded me to make haste . . .
forbear
you from meddling with 'Elohiym/Godhead,
Who
is with me, that He destroy you 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 'Elohiym/Godhead,
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 sepulchers 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 women
spoke
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 Jehovah/God, 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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