II Chronicles Chapter 35

II Chronicles Chapter 35
1 Moreover Josiah kept a Passover unto
the Lord in Jerusalem, and they slew the
Passover in the fourteenth day of the first
month.
2 And he appointed the priests to their
charges, and encouraged them to the
service of the house of the Lord,
3 And he said unto the Levites that taught
all Israel and were sanctified unto the
Lord, Put the holy ark in the house which
Solomon the son of David king of Israel
did build: it shall be no more a burden
upon your shoulders: serve now the Lord
your God and his people Israel,
4 And prepare yourselves by the houses
of your fathers according to your
courses, as David the king of Israel hath
written, and according to the writing of
Solomon his son,
5 And stand in the sanctuary according
to the division of the families of your
brethren the children of the people, and
after the division of the family of the
Levites:
6 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. 7
Josiah also gave to the people sheep,
lambs and kids, all for the Passover ,
even to all that were present, to the
number of thirty thousand, and three
thousand bullocks: these were of the
king's substance.
8 And his princes offered 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, even
two thousand and six hundred sheep, and
three hundred bullocks.
9 Conaniah also and Shemaiah and
Nethanel his brethren, and Hashabiah
and Jeiel, and Jozabad, chief of the
Levites gave unto the Levites for the
Passover, five thousand sheep, and five
hundred bullocks. 10 Thus the service
was prepared, and the priests stood in
their places, also the Levites in their
orders, according to the king's
commandment: 11 And they slew the
Passover, and the priests sprinkled the
blood with their hands, and the Levites
flayed them.
12 And they took away from the burnt
offering to give it according to the
divisions of the families of the children
of the people, to offer unto the Lord, as it
is written in the book of Moses, and so
of the bullocks.
13 And they roasted the Passover with
fire, according to the custom, but the
sanctified things they sod in pots, pans,
and cauldrons, and distributed them
quickly to all the people.
14 Afterward also they prepared for
themselves and for the priests: for the
priests the sons of Aaron were occupied
in offering of burnt offerings, and the fat
until night: therefore the Levites
prepared for themselves, and for the
priests the sons of Aaron.
15 And the singers the sons of Asaph
stood in their standing according to the
commandment of David, and Asaph, and
Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer: and
the porters at every gate, who might not
depart from their service: therefore their
brethren the Levites prepared for them.
16 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.
17 And the children of Israel that were
present, kept the Passover the same time,
and the feast of the unleavened bread
seven days.
18 And there was no Passover kept like
that, 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.
19 This Passover was kept in the
eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah. 20
After all this, when Josiah had prepared
the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up
to fight against Carchemish by Perath,
and Josiah went out against him.
21 But he sent messengers 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 of mine
enemy, and God commanded me to make
haste: leave off to come against God,
which is with me, lest he destroy thee.
22 But Josiah would not turn his face
from him, but changed his apparel to
fight with him, and hearkened not unto
the words of Necho, which were of the
mouth of God, but came to fight in the
valley of Megiddo.
23 And the shooters shot at king Josiah:
then the king said to his servants, Carry
me away, for I am very sick.
24 So his servants took him out of that
chariot, and put him in the second
chariot which he had, and when they had
brought him to Jerusalem, he died, and
was buried in the sepulchres of his
fathers: and all Judah and Jerusalem
mourned for Josiah.
25 And Jeremiah lamented Josiah, and
all singing men and singing women
mourned for Josiah in their lamentations
to this day, and made the same for an
ordinance unto Israel: and behold, they
be written in the lamentations. 26
Concerning the rest of the acts of Josiah
and his goodness , doing as it was
written in the law of the Lord,
27 And his deeds, first and last, behold,
they are written in the book of the kings
of Israel and Judah.