Moreover Josiah kept
a passover
unto the LORD
in Jerusalem
: and they killed
the passover
on the fourteenth
day of the first
month
.
And he set the priests
in their charges
, and encouraged
them to the service
of the house
of the LORD
,
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
,
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
, and the priests
stood
in their place
, and the Levites
in their courses
, according to the king's
commandment
.
And they killed the passover
, and the priests
sprinkled
the blood from their hands
, and the Levites
flayed
them .
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
.
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
.
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
.
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 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
.
And the children of Israel
that were present
kept
the passover
at that time
, and the feast
of unleavened bread
seven
days
.
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 the reign
of Josiah
was this passover
kept
.
After all this, when Josiah
had prepared
the temple
, Necho
king
of Egypt
came up
to fight
against Carchemish
by Euphrates
: and Josiah
went out
against
him.
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.
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
.
And the archers shot
at king
Josiah
; and the king
said
to his servants
, Have me away
; for I am sore
wounded
.
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
.
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
.
Now the rest of the acts
of Josiah
, and his goodness
, according to that which was written
in the law
of the LORD
,
And his deeds, first
and last
, behold, they are written
in the book
of the kings
of Israel
and Judah
.