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1 # Moreover Josiah <02977> kept <06213> (8799) a passover <06453> unto the LORD <03068> in Jerusalem <03389> : and they killed <07819> (8799) the passover <06453> on the fourteenth <0702> <06240> day of the first <07223> month <02320>.
2 And he set <05975> (8686) the priests <03548> in their charges <04931>, and encouraged <02388> (8762) them to the service <05656> of the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>,
3 And said <0559> (8799) unto the Levites <03881> that taught <0995> (8688) (8675) <04000> all Israel <03478>, which were holy <06918> unto the LORD <03068>, Put <05414> (8798) the holy <06944> ark <0727> in the house <01004> which Solomon <08010> the son <01121> of David <01732> king <04428> of Israel <03478> did build <01129> (8804); it shall not be a burden <04853> upon your shoulders <03802>: serve <05647> (8798) now the LORD <03068> your God <0430>, and his people <05971> Israel <03478>,
4 And prepare <03559> (8685) (8675) <03559> (8734) yourselves by the houses <01004> of your fathers <01>, after your courses <04256>, according to the writing <03791> of David <01732> king <04428> of Israel <03478>, and according to the writing <04385> of Solomon <08010> his son <01121>.
5 And stand in <05975> (8798) the holy <06944> place according to the divisions <06391> of the families <01004> of the fathers <01> of your brethren <0251> the people <01121> <05971>, and after the division <02515> of the families <01> <01004> of the Levites <03881>.
6 So kill <07819> (8798) the passover <06453>, and sanctify <06942> (8690) yourselves, and prepare <03559> (8685) your brethren <0251>, that they may do <06213> (8800) according to the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> by the hand <03027> of Moses <04872>.
7 And Josiah <02977> gave <07311> (8686) to the people <01121> <05971>, of the flock <06629>, lambs <03532> and kids <01121> <05795>, all for the passover offerings <06453>, for all that were present <04672> (8737), to the number <04557> of thirty <07970> thousand <0505>, and three <07969> thousand <0505> bullocks <01241>: these were of the king's <04428> substance <07399>.
8 And his princes <08269> gave <07311> (8689) willingly <05071> unto the people <05971>, to the priests <03548> , and to the Levites <03881>: Hilkiah <02518> and Zechariah <02148> and Jehiel <03171>, rulers <05057> of the house <01004> of God <0430>, gave <05414> (8804) unto the priests <03548> for the passover offerings <06453> two thousand <0505> and six <08337> hundred <03967> small cattle, and three <07969> hundred <03967> oxen <01241>.
9 Conaniah <03562> also, and Shemaiah <08098> and Nethaneel <05417>, his brethren <0251>, and Hashabiah <02811> and Jeiel <03273> and Jozabad <03107>, chief <08269> of the Levites <03881>, gave <07311> (8689) unto the Levites <03881> for passover offerings <06453> five <02568> thousand <0505> small cattle, and five <02568> hundred <03967> oxen <01241> .
10 So the service <05656> was prepared <03559> (8735), and the priests <03548> stood <05975> (8799) in their place <05977>, and the Levites <03881> in their courses <04256>, according to the king's <04428> commandment <04687>.
11 And they killed <07819> (8799) the passover <06453>, and the priests <03548> sprinkled <02236> (8799) the blood from their hands <03027>, and the Levites <03881> flayed <06584> (8688) them.
12 And they removed <05493> (8686) the burnt offerings <05930>, that they might give <05414> (8800) according to the divisions <04653> of the families <01> <01004> of the people <01121> <05971>, to offer <07126> (8687) unto the LORD <03068>, as it is written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> of Moses <04872>. And so did they with the oxen <01241>.
13 And they roasted <01310> (8762) the passover <06453> with fire <0784> according to the ordinance <04941>: but the other holy <06944> offerings sod <01310> (8765) they in pots <05518>, and in caldrons <01731>, and in pans <06745> , and divided them speedily <07323> (8686) among all the people <01121> <05971>.
14 And afterward <0310> they made ready <03559> (8689) for themselves, and for the priests <03548>: because the priests <03548> the sons <01121> of Aaron <0175> were busied in offering <05927> (8687) of burnt offerings <05930> and the fat <02459> until night <03915>; therefore the Levites <03881> prepared <03559> (8689) for themselves, and for the priests <03548> the sons <01121> of Aaron <0175>.
15 And the singers <07891> (8789) the sons <01121> of Asaph <0623> were in their place <04612>, according to the commandment <04687> of David <01732>, and Asaph <0623>, and Heman <01968>, and Jeduthun <03038> the king's <04428> seer <02374>; and the porters <07778> waited at every gate <08179>; they might not depart <05493> (8800) from their service <05656> ; for their brethren <0251> the Levites <03881> prepared <03559> (8689) for them.
16 So all the service <05656> of the LORD <03068> was prepared <03559> (8735) the same day <03117>, to keep <06213> (8800) the passover <06453>, and to offer <05927> (8687) burnt offerings <05930> upon the altar <04196> of the LORD <03068>, according to the commandment <04687> of king <04428> Josiah <02977>.
17 And the children <01121> of Israel <03478> that were present <04672> (8737) kept <06213> (8799) the passover <06453> at that time <06256>, and the feast <02282> of unleavened bread <04682> seven <07651> days <03117>.
18 And there was no passover <06453> like <03644> to that kept <06213> (8738) in Israel <03478> from the days <03117> of Samuel <08050> the prophet <05030>; neither did <06213> (8804) all the kings <04428> of Israel <03478> keep <06213> (8804) such a passover <06453> as Josiah <02977> kept <06213> (8804), and the priests <03548>, and the Levites <03881>, and all Judah <03063> and Israel <03478> that were present <04672> (8737), and the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Jerusalem <03389>.
19 In the eighteenth <08083> <06240> year <08141> of the reign <04438> of Josiah <02977> was this passover <06453> kept <06213> (8738).
20 # After <0310> all this, when Josiah <02977> had prepared <03559> (8689) the temple <01004>, Necho <05224> king <04428> of Egypt <04714> came up <05927> (8804) to fight <03898> (8736) against Carchemish <03751> by Euphrates <06578>: and Josiah <02977> went out <03318> (8799) against <07125> (8800) him.
21 But he sent <07971> (8799) ambassadors <04397> to him, saying <0559> (8800), What have I to do with thee, thou king <04428> of Judah <03063>? I come not against thee this day <03117>, but against the house <01004> wherewith I have war <04421> : for God <0430> commanded <0559> (8804) me to make haste <0926> (8763): forbear <02308> (8798) thee from meddling with God <0430>, who is with me, that he destroy <07843> (8686) thee not.
22 Nevertheless Josiah <02977> would not turn <05437> (8689) his face <06440> from him, but disguised <02664> (8694) himself, that he might fight <03898> (8736) with him, and hearkened <08085> (8804) not unto the words <01697> of Necho <05224> from the mouth <06310> of God <0430>, and came <0935> (8799) to fight <03898> (8736) in the valley <01237> of Megiddo <04023>.
23 And the archers <03384> (8802) shot <03384> (8686) at king <04428> Josiah <02977>; and the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) to his servants <05650>, Have me away <05674> (8685); for I am sore <03966> wounded <02470> (8717).
24 His servants <05650> therefore took <05674> (8686) him out of that chariot <04818>, and put <07392> (8686) him in the second <04932> chariot <07393> that he had; and they brought <03212> (8686) him to Jerusalem <03389>, and he died <04191> (8799), and was buried <06912> (8735) in one of the sepulchres <06913> of his fathers <01>. And all Judah <03063> and Jerusalem <03389> mourned <056> (8693) for Josiah <02977>.
25 And Jeremiah <03414> lamented <06969> (8787) for Josiah <02977>: and all the singing men <07891> (8802) and the singing women <07891> (8802) spake <0559> (8799) of Josiah <02977> in their lamentations <07015> to this day <03117>, and made <05414> (8799) them an ordinance <02706> in Israel <03478>: and, behold, they are written <03789> (8803) in the lamentations <07015>.
26 Now the rest <03499> of the acts <01697> of Josiah <02977>, and his goodness <02617>, according to that which was written <03789> (8803) in the law <08451> of the LORD <03068>,
27 And his deeds <01697>, first <07223> and last <0314>, behold, they are written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>.