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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.
Moreover
Josiah kept
a
passover unto
the LORD 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 charges,
and encouraged them to
the service of the house of the LORD ,
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
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 ,
Prepare yourselves by families
in
your divisions
, according to the instructions
written
by
David king of Israel and Solomon his son.
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.
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 families of the
fathers
of
your brethren
the people, and after
the division
of the families 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. ”
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.
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
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
.
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
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
.
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 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
.
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 in 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 from
their
hands,
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
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
.
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:
but
the other holy offerings sod
they
in pots, and
in
caldrons
, and in
pans,
and divided
them speedily
among
all 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 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.
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
waited
at every
gate ;
they
might
not 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 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.
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
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.
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, Necho
king of Egypt came
up to fight against
Charchemish
by 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:
for
God 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
Necho
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
.
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
.
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 the
singing
women spake
of
Josiah in
their
lamentations
to
this
day,
and
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 goodness,
according to that
which
was
written in the law of the LORD ,
his acts
from
beginning
to
end—
they are indeed
written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
And
his deeds,
first
and
last,
behold,
they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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