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Then
Josiah celebrated
the
Passover to
the
LORD
in Jerusalem ,
and the Passover lamb
was
slaughtered
on the fourteenth day of the first month.
And
Josiah kept
a
passover unto
Jehovah
in Jerusalem :
and they
killed
the passover on the fourteenth `
day '
of the first month.
He appointed
the priests to
their duties
and encouraged them in
the service of the house of the
LORD
.
And
he set
the priests in
their offices,
and encouraged them to
the service of the house of Jehovah
.
To
the Levites who
taught all Israel and
were holy to
the
LORD
, Josiah
said:
“
Put the holy ark in the temple
built
by
Solomon son of David king of Israel .
It
is
not
to
be carried
around
on
your shoulders .
Now serve the
LORD
your God and His people Israel.
And
he
said
unto
the Levites that
taught all Israel ,
that
were holy unto
Jehovah
, Put the holy ark in the house
which
Solomon the
son of David king of Israel did
build;
there
shall
no
more
be a
burden
upon
your shoulders :
now serve Jehovah
your God ,
and his people Israel.
Prepare yourselves by families
in
your divisions
, according to the instructions
written
by
David king of Israel and Solomon his son.
And
prepare yourselves after
your
fathers'
houses
by your courses
, according to the writing
of
David king of Israel ,
and according
to
the
writing
of
Solomon his son.
Moreover,
stand in the Holy Place by
the divisions of the families
of your kinsmen
the lay
people, and by
the
divisions
of the
families
of the Levites.
And
stand in the holy place according
to
the divisions of the fathers'
houses
of your brethren
the children
of
the
people, and `let
there
be
for
each'
a
portion
of a
fathers'
house
of the Levites.
Slaughter
the Passover lambs
, consecrate
yourselves, and make
preparations
for your fellow
countrymen
to carry
out
the word of the
LORD
given
by Moses. ”
And
kill
the passover, and
sanctify
yourselves, and prepare
for your brethren,
to do
according
to
the word of Jehovah
by Moses.
From
his
own
flocks
and herds
Josiah contributed
30
, 000
lambs and goats
plus
3
, 000
bulls
for the Passover offerings for
all the
people
who
were present.
And Josiah gave
to
the
children
of
the
people
, of
the
flock,
lambs and kids
, all
of
them
for the passover -
offerings ,
unto
all that
were present ,
to
the
number
of
thirty
thousand,
and
three
thousand
bullocks:
these
were
of
the
king's
substance
.
His officials
also
contributed
willingly
to
the people and
priests and Levites. Hilkiah ,
Zechariah ,
and Jehiel, the administrators
of the house of God, gave the priests 2,600
Passover offerings and 300
bulls
.
And
his princes
gave
for
a
freewill-offering
unto
the people ,
to
the
priests ,
and to
the
Levites. Hilkiah and
Zechariah and Jehiel, the 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
.
Additionally,
Conaniah and his
brothers
Shemaiah and Nethanel, as
well
as
Hashabiah
, Jeiel ,
and Jozabad, officers
of the Levites, donated
to
the Levites 5,000
Passover offerings and 500
bulls
.
Conaniah also,
and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his
brethren
, and
Hashabiah
and
Jeiel and Jozabad, the
chiefs
of the Levites, gave
unto
the Levites for
the
passover -
offerings five
thousand
`small
cattle',
and five
hundred
oxen
.
So the service was prepared ;
the priests stood in their places
and the Levites in
their divisions
according to the king’s
command
.
So the service was prepared ,
and
the priests stood in their place,
and the Levites by
their courses,
according to the king's
commandment
.
And they slaughtered
the Passover lambs
, while
the priests sprinkled the blood handed
to
them
and the Levites skinned
the
animals
.
And they killed
the passover, and
the priests sprinkled `
the blood which
they
received'
of
their
hand,
and the Levites flayed
them
.
They set
aside
the burnt offerings to
be
given
to the divisions of the families
of the people to offer to
the
LORD
, as is written in the Book of Moses ;
and they
did the
same
with the bulls
.
And
they removed
the burnt -
offerings ,
that
they
might
give
them
according
to the divisions of the fathers'
houses
of the children
of
the
people ,
to offer unto
Jehovah
, as it
is written in the book of Moses .
And so
did they
with the oxen
.
They roasted the Passover animals
on
the
fire according to the regulation,
and they
boiled
the other
holy offerings in pots, kettles
, and bowls
and quickly
brought
them to all the people.
And
they roasted the passover with
fire according to the ordinance:
and the holy offerings boiled
they
in pots, and
in
caldrons
, and in
pans,
and carried
them quickly
to all the children
of
the
people.
Afterward ,
they made
preparations
for themselves and for the priests, since
the priests ,
the descendants
of Aaron ,
were offering up
burnt offerings and fat until nightfall.
So
the Levites made
preparations
for themselves and for the priests ,
the descendants
of Aaron.
And
afterward they prepared
for themselves ,
and for the priests, because
the priests the sons
of Aaron `
were busied'
in
offering the
burnt -
offerings and the
fat until night:
therefore
the Levites prepared
for themselves ,
and for the priests the sons
of Aaron.
The singers ,
the descendants
of Asaph ,
were at
their stations
according to the command
of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s
seer .
And the gatekeepers
at each
gate did
not need
to leave
their position,
because
their fellow
Levites made
preparations
for them.
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
were
at every
gate :
they
needed
not to depart
from
their service;
for
their brethren
the
Levites prepared
for them.
So on
that
day
the entire
service of the
LORD
was carried
out
for
celebrating
the Passover and offering
burnt offerings on
the altar of the
LORD
, according to the command
of King Josiah.
So all
the service of Jehovah
was prepared
the same
day,
to
keep
the
passover ,
and to
offer
burnt -
offerings upon
the altar of Jehovah
, according to the commandment
of king Josiah.
The Israelites
who
were present also
observed
the Passover at that time, as
well
as
the Feast of Unleavened Bread for
seven days.
And
the children
of
Israel
that
were present kept
the passover at that time, and
the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
No such
Passover had
been
observed
in Israel since
the days of Samuel the prophet .
None
of the kings of Israel ever
observed
a Passover like
the
one
that
Josiah observed
with
the priests, the Levites, all Judah ,
the
Israelites
who
were present, and the people
of Jerusalem.
And
there
was
no passover like
to
that
kept
in Israel from
the days of Samuel the prophet ;
neither
did
any
of 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.
In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s
reign ,
this Passover was
observed
.
In the eighteenth year of the
reign of
Josiah
was
this passover kept
.
After all this, when Josiah had set
the temple in
order
, Neco king of Egypt marched
up to fight at
Carchemish by the Euphrates ,
and Josiah went out to
confront
him.
After all this, when Josiah had prepared
the temple, Neco king of Egypt went
up to fight against
Carchemish by the Euphrates :
and Josiah went out against
him.
But Neco
sent messengers
to him, saying, “
What is
the
issue
between
you
and
me
, O
king of Judah? I have
not
come against you
today
, but I am
fighting
another
dynasty.
God told
me to hurry;
so
stop
opposing
God, who is with me, or
He will
destroy you!”
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;
and
God hath
commanded
me to make
haste:
forbear
thee
from
`meddling
with'
God, who is with me, that
he destroy thee
not.
Josiah ,
however,
did
not turn away
from him ;
instead
, in
order
to
engage
him
in
battle,
he
disguised himself .
He did
not listen
to
Neco’s
words from the mouth of God, but
went
to fight him
on
the Plain
of Megiddo.
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
Neco
from the mouth of God, and
came
to fight in
the valley
of Megiddo.
There
the archers shot King Josiah ,
who
said to his servants, “Take
me away ,
for I am badly
wounded !”
And
the archers shot at
king Josiah ;
and
the
king
said to his servants, Have
me away ;
for I am sore
wounded .
So his servants took him out of his
chariot, put him in his
second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem ,
where
he died .
And Josiah
was buried in the tomb
of his fathers ,
and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him
.
So his servants took him out of the
chariot, and
put him in the
second chariot that
he
had
, and brought him to Jerusalem ;
and
he died ,
and was buried in the sepulchres
of his fathers .
And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah
.
Then
Jeremiah lamented over
Josiah ,
and to
this
day
all the choirs
of
men and women sing
laments
over
Josiah .
They established
them as
a
statute
for
Israel ,
and indeed
they are written in the Book
of
Laments
.
And
Jeremiah lamented for
Josiah :
and all the singing
men and singing
women spake
of
Josiah in
their
lamentations
unto
this
day;
and
they made
them an
ordinance
in
Israel :
and ,
behold,
they are written in the lamentations
.
As
for
the rest of the acts of Josiah, along
with
his deeds of
loving
devotion
according to what
is written in the Law of the
LORD—
Now
the rest of the acts of Josiah, and
his good
deeds ,
according to that
which
is written in the law of Jehovah,
his acts from
beginning
to
end—
they are indeed
written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
and
his acts ,
first
and
last,
behold,
they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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