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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Then
Josiah celebrated
the
Passover to the
LORD
in Jerusalem ,
and the Passover lamb
was
slaughtered
on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Josiah kept
a
Passover to Yahweh
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
.
He set
the priests in
their offices,
and encouraged them to
the service of the house of Yahweh
.
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.
He
said
to the Levites who taught all Israel ,
who
were holy to Yahweh
, 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
on your shoulders :
now serve Yahweh
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.
Prepare yourselves after
your
fathers'
houses
by your divisions, 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.
Stand in the holy place according
to
the divisions of the fathers'
houses
of your brothers
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. ”
Kill
the Passover, and
sanctify
yourselves, and prepare
for your brothers,
to do
according
to
the word of Yahweh
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.
Josiah gave
to
the
children
of
the
people
, of
the
flock,
lambs and kids
, all
of
them
for the Passover offerings ,
to
all who were present ,
to
the
number
of
thirty
thousand,
and
three
thousand
bulls:
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
.
His princes
gave
for
a
freewill-offering
to the people ,
to
the
priests ,
and to
the
Levites. Hilkiah and
Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers
of the house of God, gave to
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
brothers
, and
Hashabiah
and
Jeiel and Jozabad, the
chiefs
of the Levites, gave
to 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 divisions ,
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
.
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
.
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 to Yahweh
, as it
is written in the book of Moses .
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.
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.
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.
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
didn't
need to depart
from
their service;
for
their brothers
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 Yahweh
was prepared
the same
day,
to
keep
the
Passover ,
and to
offer
burnt -
offerings on the altar of Yahweh
, 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.
The children
of
Israel
who 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.
There
was
no Passover like
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
who 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
you, you
king of Judah? [
I come ]
not
against you this
day
, but against
the
house
with
which
I have
war;
and
God has
commanded
me to make
haste:
forbear
you
from
[meddling
with]
God, who is with me, that
he not
destroy you .
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
didn't
listen to 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 !”
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 tombs
of his fathers .
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
.
Jeremiah lamented for
Josiah :
and all the singing
men and singing
women spoke
of
Josiah in
their
lamentations
to
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 Yahweh,
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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