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2 Chronicles 35 (WEBP)
[1] Josiah kept a Passover to Yahweh in Jerusalem. They killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
[2] He set the priests in their offices and encouraged them in the service of Yahweh’s house.
[3] 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 built. It will no longer be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve Yahweh your God and his people Israel.
[4] 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.
[5] 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.
[6] Kill the Passover lamb, sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to Yahweh’s word by Moses.”
[7] Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and young goats, 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.
[8] His princes gave a free will offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the rulers of God’s house, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand six hundred small livestock, and three hundred head of cattle.
[9] Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings five thousand small livestock and five hundred head of cattle.
[10] So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their divisions, according to the king’s commandment.
[11] They killed the Passover lambs, and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received from their hands, and the Levites skinned them.
[12] 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. They did the same with the cattle.
[13] They roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance. They boiled the holy offerings in pots, in cauldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children of the people.
[14] Afterward they prepared for themselves and for the priests, because the priests the sons of Aaron were busy with offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night. Therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
[15] The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place, according to the commandment of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers were at every gate. They didn’t need to depart from their service, because their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
[16] So all the service of Yahweh was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on Yahweh’s altar, according to the commandment of King Josiah.
[17] The children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
[18] There was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, nor did any of the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept—with the priests, the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[19] This Passover was kept in the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah.
[20] 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.
[21] But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you today, but against the house with which I have war. God has commanded me to make haste. Beware that it is God who is with me, that he not destroy you.”
[22] 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.
[23] The archers shot at King Josiah; and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, because I am seriously wounded!”
[24] 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.
[25] 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. Behold, they are written in the lamentations.
[26] Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his good deeds, according to that which is written in Yahweh’s law,
[27] and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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King James w/Strong’s #s
2 Chronicles 35 (KJVS)
[1] Moreover Josiah H2977 kept H6213 (8799) a passover H6453 unto the LORD H3068 in Jerusalem H3389: and they killed H7819 (8799) the passover H6453 on the fourteenth H702 H6240 [day] of the first H7223 month H2320.
[2] And he set H5975 (8686) the priests H3548 in their charges H4931, and encouraged H2388 (8762) them to the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068,
[3] And said H559 (8799) unto the Levites H3881 that taught H995 (8688) (8675) H4000 all Israel H3478, which were holy H6918 unto the LORD H3068, Put H5414 (8798) 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 (8804); [it shall] not [be] a burden H4853 upon [your] shoulders H3802: serve H5647 (8798) now the LORD H3068 your God H430, and his people H5971 Israel H3478,
[4] And prepare H3559 (8685) (8675) H3559 (8734) [yourselves] by the houses H1004 of your fathers H1, after 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 (8798) the holy H6944 [place] according to the divisions H6391 of the families H1004 of the fathers H1 of your brethren H251 the people H1121 H5971, and [after] the division H2515 of the families H1 H1004 of the Levites H3881.
[6] So kill H7819 (8798) the passover H6453, and sanctify H6942 (8690) yourselves, and prepare H3559 (8685) your brethren H251, that [they] may do H6213 (8800) according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 by the hand H3027 of Moses H4872.
[7] And Josiah H2977 gave H7311 (8686) to the people H1121 H5971, of the flock H6629, lambs H3532 and kids H1121 H5795, all for the passover offerings H6453, for all that were present H4672 (8737), 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 (8689) willingly H5071 unto the people H5971, to the priests H3548, and to the Levites H3881: Hilkiah H2518 and Zechariah H2148 and Jehiel H3171, rulers H5057 of the house H1004 of God H430, gave H5414 (8804) 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 Nethaneel H5417, his brethren H251, and Hashabiah H2811 and Jeiel H3273 and Jozabad H3107, chief H8269 of the Levites H3881, gave H7311 (8689) unto the Levites H3881 for passover offerings H6453 five H2568 thousand H505 [small cattle], and five H2568 hundred H3967 oxen H1241.
[10] So the service H5656 was prepared H3559 (8735), and the priests H3548 stood H5975 (8799) in their place H5977, and the Levites H3881 in their courses H4256, according to the king’s H4428 commandment H4687.
[11] And they killed H7819 (8799) the passover H6453, and the priests H3548 sprinkled H2236 (8799) [the blood] from their hands H3027, and the Levites H3881 flayed H6584 (8688) [them].
[12] And they removed H5493 (8686) the burnt offerings H5930, that they might give H5414 (8800) according to the divisions H4653 of the families H1 H1004 of the people H1121 H5971, to offer H7126 (8687) unto the LORD H3068, as [it is] written H3789 (8803) in the book H5612 of Moses H4872. And so [did they] with the oxen H1241.
[13] And they roasted H1310 (8762) the passover H6453 with fire H784 according to the ordinance H4941: but the [other] holy H6944 [offerings] sod H1310 (8765) they in pots H5518, and in caldrons H1731, and in pans H6745, and divided [them] speedily H7323 (8686) among all the people H1121 H5971.
[14] And afterward H310 they made ready H3559 (8689) for themselves, and for the priests H3548: because the priests H3548 the sons H1121 of Aaron H175 [were busied] in offering H5927 (8687) of burnt offerings H5930 and the fat H2459 until night H3915; therefore the Levites H3881 prepared H3559 (8689) for themselves, and for the priests H3548 the sons H1121 of Aaron H175.
[15] And the singers H7891 (8789) 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 [waited] at every gate H8179; they might not depart H5493 (8800) from their service H5656; for their brethren H251 the Levites H3881 prepared H3559 (8689) for them.
[16] So all the service H5656 of the LORD H3068 was prepared H3559 (8735) the same day H3117, to keep H6213 (8800) the passover H6453, and to offer H5927 (8687) burnt offerings H5930 upon the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068, according to the commandment H4687 of king H4428 Josiah H2977.
[17] And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 that were present H4672 (8737) kept H6213 (8799) 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 (8738) in Israel H3478 from the days H3117 of Samuel H8050 the prophet H5030; neither did H6213 (8804) all the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 keep H6213 (8804) such a passover H6453 as Josiah H2977 kept H6213 (8804), and the priests H3548, and the Levites H3881, and all Judah H3063 and Israel H3478 that were present H4672 (8737), and the inhabitants H3427 (8802) of Jerusalem H3389.
[19] In the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of the reign H4438 of Josiah H2977 was this passover H6453 kept H6213 (8738).
[20] After H310 all this, when Josiah H2977 had prepared H3559 (8689) the temple H1004, Necho H5224 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 came up H5927 (8804) to fight H3898 (8736) against Carchemish H3751 by Euphrates H6578: and Josiah H2977 went out H3318 (8799) against H7125 (8800) him.
[21] But he sent H7971 (8799) ambassadors H4397 to him, saying H559 (8800), 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: for God H430 commanded H559 (8804) me to make haste H926 (8763): forbear H2308 (8798) thee from [meddling with] God H430, who [is] with me, that he destroy H7843 (8686) thee not.
[22] Nevertheless Josiah H2977 would not turn H5437 (8689) his face H6440 from him, but disguised H2664 (8694) himself, that he might fight H3898 (8736) with him, and hearkened H8085 (8804) not unto the words H1697 of Necho H5224 from the mouth H6310 of God H430, and came H935 (8799) to fight H3898 (8736) in the valley H1237 of Megiddo H4023.
[23] And the archers H3384 (8802) shot H3384 (8686) at king H4428 Josiah H2977; and the king H4428 said H559 (8799) to his servants H5650, Have me away H5674 (8685); for I am sore H3966 wounded H2470 (8717).
[24] His servants H5650 therefore took H5674 (8686) him out of that chariot H4818, and put H7392 (8686) him in the second H4932 chariot H7393 that he had; and they brought H3212 (8686) him to Jerusalem H3389, and he died H4191 (8799), and was buried H6912 (8735) in [one of] the sepulchres H6913 of his fathers H1. And all Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 mourned H56 (8693) for Josiah H2977.
[25] And Jeremiah H3414 lamented H6969 (8787) for Josiah H2977: and all the singing men H7891 (8802) and the singing women H7891 (8802) spake H559 (8799) of Josiah H2977 in their lamentations H7015 to this day H3117, and made H5414 (8799) them an ordinance H2706 in Israel H3478: and, behold, they [are] written H3789 (8803) in the lamentations H7015.
[26] Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Josiah H2977, and his goodness H2617, according to [that which was] written H3789 (8803) in the law H8451 of the LORD H3068,
[27] And his deeds H1697, first H7223 and last H314, behold, they [are] written H3789 (8803) in the book H5612 of the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 and Judah H3063.
Young’s Literal Translation
2 Chronicles 35 (YLT)
[1] And Josiah maketh in Jerusalem a passover to Jehovah, and they slaughter the passover-offering on the fourteenth of the first month,
[2] and he stationeth the priests over their charges, and strengtheneth them for the service of the house of Jehovah,
[3] and saith to the Levites-who are teaching all Israel-who are sanctified to Jehovah, ‘Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon son of David king of Israel built; it is not to you a burden on the shoulder. ‘Now, serve Jehovah your God, and His people Israel,
[4] and prepare, by the house of your fathers, according to your courses, by the writing of David king of Israel, and by the writing of Solomon his son,
[5] and stand in the sanctuary, by the divisions of the house of the fathers of your brethren, sons of the people, and the portion of the house of a father of the Levites,
[6] and slaughter the passover-offering and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, to do according to the word of Jehovah by the hand of Moses.’
[7] And Josiah lifteth up to the sons of the people a flock of lambs and young goats, the whole for passover-offerings, for every one who is found, to the number of thirty thousand, and oxen three thousand: these are from the substance of the king.
[8] And his heads, for a willing-offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites, have lifted up; Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Jehiel, leaders in the house of God, to the priests have given for passover-offerings two thousand and six hundred, and oxen three hundred;
[9] and Conaniah, and Shemaiah, and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah, and Jeiel, and Jozabad, heads of the Levites, have lifted up to the Levites, for passover-offerings, five thousand, and oxen five hundred.
[10] And the service is prepared, and the priests stand on their station, and the Levites on their courses, according to the command of the king,
[11] and they slaughter the passover-offering, and the priests sprinkle out of their hand, and the Levites are striping;
[12] and they turn aside the burnt-offering, to put them by the divisions of the house of the fathers of the sons of the people, to bring near to Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses-and so to the oxen.
[13] And they cook the passover with fire, according to the ordinance, and the sanctified things they have cooked in pots, and in kettles, and in pans-for all the sons of the people.
[14] And afterward they have prepared for themselves, and for the priests: for the priests, sons of Aaron, are in the offering up of the burnt-offering and of the fat till night; and the Levites have prepared for themselves, and for the priests, sons of Aaron.
[15] And the singers, sons of Asaph, are on their station, according to the command of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun seer of the king, and the gate keepers are at gate and gate; it is not for them to turn aside from off their service, for their brethren the Levites have prepared for them.
[16] And all the service of Jehovah is prepared on that day, to keep the passover, and to cause to ascend burnt-offering upon the altar of Jehovah, according to the command of king Josiah.
[17] And the sons of Israel who are found make the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened things, seven days.
[18] And there hath not been made a passover like it in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, and none of the kings of Israel made such a passover as Josiah hath made, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who are found, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
[19] In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah hath this passover been made.
[20] After all this, when Josiah hath prepared the house, come up hath Necho king of Egypt, to fight against Carchemish by Phrat, and Josiah goeth forth to meet him;
[21] and he sendeth unto him messengers, saying, ‘What-to me and to thee, O king of Judah? not against thee do I come to-day, but unto the house with which I have war, and God said to haste me; cease for thee from God who is with me, and He doth not destroy thee.’
[22] And Josiah hath not turned round his face from him, but to fight against him hath disguised himself, and hath not hearkened unto the words of Necho, from the mouth of God, and cometh in to fight in the valley of Megiddo;
[23] and the archers shoot at king Josiah, and the king saith to his servants, ‘Remove me, for I have become very sick.’
[24] And his servants remove him from the chariot, and cause him to ride on the second chariot that he hath, and cause him to go to Jerusalem, and he dieth, and is buried in the graves of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem are mourning for Josiah,
[25] and Jeremiah lamenteth for Josiah, and all the singers and the songstresses speak in their lamentations of Josiah unto this day, and set them for a statute on Israel, and lo, they are written beside the lamentations.
[26] And the rest of the matters of Josiah, and his kind acts, according as it is written in the law of Jehovah,
[27] even his matters, the first and the last, lo, they are written on the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.