2 Chronicles 35

1 ♥ 📝 A nd Josiah^H2977 kept^H6213 a passover^H6453 unto Jehovah^H3068 in Jerusalem:^H3389 and they killed^H7819 the passover^H6453 on the fourteenth^H702 [day] of the first^H7223 month.^H2320

2 ♥ 📝 And he set^H5975 the priests^H3548 in their offices,^H4931 and encouraged^H2388 them to the service^H5656 of the house^H1004 of Jehovah.^H3068

3 ♥ 📝 And he said^H559 unto the Levites^H3881 that taught^H995 all Israel,^H3478 that were holy^H6918 unto Jehovah,^H3068 Put^H5414 the holy^H6944 ark^H727 in the house^H1004 which Solomon^H8010 the son^H1121 of David^H1732 king^H4428 of Israel^H3478 did build;^H1129 there shall no more be a burden^H4853 upon your shoulders:^H3802 now serve^H5647 Jehovah^H3068 your God,^H430 and his people^H5971 Israel.^H3478

4 ♥ 📝 And prepare^H3559 yourselves after your fathers'^H1 houses^H1004 by your courses,^H4256 according to the writing^H3791 of David^H1732 king^H4428 of Israel,^H3478 and according to the writing^H4385 of Solomon^H8010 his son.^H1121

5 ♥ 📝 And stand in^H5975 the holy^H6944 place according to the divisions^H6391 of the fathers'^H1 houses^H1004 of your brethren^H251 the children of the people,^H1121 and [let there be for each] a portion^H2515 of a fathers'^H1 house of the Levites.^H3881

6 ♥ 📝 And kill^H7819 the passover,^H6453 and sanctify^H6942 yourselves, and prepare^H3559 for your brethren,^H251 to do^H6213 according to the word^H1697 of Jehovah^H3068 by^H3027 Moses.^H4872

7 ♥ 📝 And Josiah^H2977 gave^H7311 to the children of the people,^H1121 of the flock,^H6629 lambs^H3532 and kids,^H1121 all of them for the passover-offerings,^H6453 unto all that were present,^H4672 to the number^H4557 of thirty^H7970 thousand,^H505 and three^H7969 thousand^H505 bullocks:^H1241 these were of the king's^H4428 substance.^H7399

8 ♥ 📝 And his princes^H8269 gave^H7311 for a freewill-offering^H5071 unto the people,^H5971 to the priests,^H3548 and to the Levites.^H3881 Hilkiah^H2518 and Zechariah^H2148 and Jehiel,^H3171 the rulers^H5057 of the house^H1004 of God,^H430 gave^H5414 unto the priests^H3548 for the passover-offerings^H6453 two thousand^H505 and six^H8337 hundred^H3967 [small cattle], and three^H7969 hundred^H3967 oxen.^H1241

9 ♥ 📝 Conaniah^H3562 also, and Shemaiah^H8098 and Nethanel,^H5417 his brethren,^H251 and Hashabiah^H2811 and Jeiel^H3273 and Jozabad,^H3107 the chiefs^H8269 of the Levites,^H3881 gave^H7311 unto the Levites^H3881 for the passover-offerings five^H2568 thousand^H505 [small cattle],^H1241 and five^H2568 hundred^H3967 oxen.^H1241

10 ♥ 📝 So the service^H5656 was prepared,^H3559 and the priests^H3548 stood^H5975 in their place,^H5977 and the Levites^H3881 by their courses,^H4256 according to the king's^H4428 commandment.^H4687

11 ♥ 📝 And they killed^H7819 the passover,^H6453 and the priests^H3548 sprinkled^H2236 [the blood which they received] of their hand,^H3027 and the Levites^H3881 flayed^H6584 them.

12 ♥ 📝 And they removed^H5493 the burnt-offerings,^H5930 that they might give^H5414 them according to the divisions^H4653 of the fathers'^H1 houses of the children of the people,^H1121 to offer^H7126 unto Jehovah,^H3068 as it is written^H3789 in the book^H5612 of Moses.^H4872 And so did they with the oxen.^H1241

13 ♥ 📝 And they roasted^H1310 the passover^H6453 with fire^H784 according to the ordinance:^H4941 and the holy^H6944 offerings boiled^H1310 they in pots,^H5518 and in caldrons,^H1731 and in pans,^H6745 and carried them quickly^H7323 to all the children of the people.^H1121

14 ♥ 📝 And afterward^H310 they prepared^H3559 for themselves, and for the priests,^H3548 because the priests^H3548 the sons^H1121 of Aaron^H175 [were busied] in offering^H5927 the burnt-offerings^H5930 and the fat^H2459 until night:^H3915 therefore the Levites^H3881 prepared^H3559 for themselves, and for the priests^H3548 the sons^H1121 of Aaron.^H175

15 ♥ 📝 And the singers^H7891 the sons^H1121 of Asaph^H623 were in their place,^H4612 according to the commandment^H4687 of David,^H1732 and Asaph,^H623 and Heman,^H1968 and Jeduthun^H3038 the king's^H4428 seer;^H2374 and the porters^H7778 were at every gate:^H8179 they needed not to depart^H5493 from their service;^H5656 for their brethren^H251 the Levites^H3881 prepared^H3559 for them.

16 ♥ 📝 So all the service^H5656 of Jehovah^H3068 was prepared^H3559 the same day,^H3117 to keep^H6213 the passover,^H6453 and to offer^H5927 burnt-offerings^H5930 upon the altar^H4196 of Jehovah,^H3068 according to the commandment^H4687 of king^H4428 Josiah.^H2977

17 ♥ 📝 And the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 that were present^H4672 kept^H6213 the passover^H6453 at that time,^H6256 and the feast^H2282 of unleavened bread^H4682 seven^H7651 days.^H3117

18 ♥ 📝 And there was no passover^H6453 like^H3644 to that kept^H6213 in Israel^H3478 from the days^H3117 of Samuel^H8050 the prophet;^H5030 neither did^H6213 any of the kings^H4428 of Israel^H3478 keep^H6213 such a passover^H6453 as Josiah^H2977 kept,^H6213 and the priests,^H3548 and the Levites,^H3881 and all Judah^H3063 and Israel^H3478 that were present,^H4672 and the inhabitants^H3427 of Jerusalem.^H3389

19 ♥ 📝 In the eighteenth^H8083 year^H8141 of the reign^H4438 of Josiah^H2977 was this passover^H6453 kept.^H6213

20 ♥ 📝 After^H310 all this, when Josiah^H2977 had prepared^H3559 the temple,^H1004 Neco^H5224 king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714 went up^H5927 to fight^H3898 against Carchemish^H3751 by the Euphrates:^H6578 and Josiah^H2977 went out^H3318 against^H7125 him.

21 ♥ 📝 But he sent^H7971 ambassadors^H4397 to him, saying,^H559 What have I to do with thee, thou king^H4428 of Judah?^H3063 [I come] not against thee this day,^H3117 but against the house^H1004 wherewith I have war;^H4421 and God^H430 hath commanded^H559 me to make haste:^H926 forbear^H2308 thee from [meddling with] God,^H430 who is with me, that he destroy^H7843 thee not.

22 ♥ 📝 Nevertheless Josiah^H2977 would not turn^H5437 his face^H6440 from him, but disguised^H2664 himself, that he might fight^H3898 with him, and hearkened^H8085 not unto the words^H1697 of Neco^H5224 from the mouth^H6310 of God,^H430 and came^H935 to fight^H3898 in the valley^H1237 of Megiddo.^H4023

23 ♥ 📝 And the archers^H3384 shot^H3384 at king^H4428 Josiah;^H2977 and the king^H4428 said^H559 to his servants,^H5650 Have me away;^H5674 for I am sore^H3966 wounded.^H2470

24 ♥ 📝 So his servants^H5650 took^H5674 him out of the chariot,^H4818 and put^H7392 him in the second^H4932 chariot^H7393 that he had, and brought^H3212 him to Jerusalem;^H3389 and he died,^H4191 and was buried^H6912 in the sepulchres^H6913 of his fathers.^H1 And all Judah^H3063 and Jerusalem^H3389 mourned^H56 for Josiah.^H2977

25 ♥ 📝 And Jeremiah^H3414 lamented^H6969 for Josiah:^H2977 and all the singing men^H7891 and singing women^H7891 spake^H559 of Josiah^H2977 in their lamentations^H7015 unto this day;^H3117 and they made^H5414 them an ordinance^H2706 in Israel:^H3478 and, behold, they are written^H3789 in the lamentations.^H7015

26 ♥ 📝 Now the rest^H3499 of the acts^H1697 of Josiah,^H2977 and his good^H2617 deeds, according to that which is written^H3789 in the law^H8451 of Jehovah,^H3068

27 ♥ 📝 and his acts,^H1697 first^H7223 and last,^H314 behold, they are written^H3789 in the book^H5612 of the kings^H4428 of Israel^H3478 and Judah.^H3063