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2 Chronicles 35
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2 Chronicles 35
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Josiah’s Passover Observance
35 Josiah observed the Lord’s Passover(A) and slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.(B) 2 He appointed the priests to their responsibilities and encouraged them to serve in the Lord’s temple.(C) 3 He said to the Levites who taught all Israel(D) the holy things of the Lord, “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. Since you do not have to carry it on your shoulders,(E) now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel.
4 “Organize your ancestral families[a] by your divisions(F) according to the written instruction of King David of Israel and that of his son Solomon.(G) 5 Serve in the holy place by the groupings of the ancestral families[b] for your brothers, the lay people,[c] and according to the division of the Levites by family.(H) 6 Slaughter the Passover lambs,(I) consecrate yourselves,(J) and make preparations for your brothers to carry out the word of the Lord through Moses.”
7 Then Josiah donated thirty thousand sheep, lambs, and young goats, plus three thousand cattle from his own possessions, for the Passover sacrifices for all the lay people who were present.
8 His officials also donated willingly for the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, chief officials of God’s temple, gave twenty-six hundred Passover sacrifices and three hundred cattle for the priests. 9 Conaniah(K) and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, donated five thousand Passover sacrifices for the Levites, plus five hundred cattle.
10 So the service was established; the priests stood at their posts and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.(L) 11 Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs, and while the Levites were skinning the animals,(M) the priests splattered the blood[d] they had been given.[e] 12 They removed the burnt offerings so that they might be given to the groupings of the ancestral families[f] of the lay people to offer to the Lord, according to what is written in the book of Moses; they did the same with the cattle. 13 They roasted the Passover lambs with fire according to regulation.(N) They boiled the holy sacrifices in pots, kettles, and bowls; and they quickly brought them to the lay people. 14 Afterward, they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, since the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were busy offering up burnt offerings and fat until night. So the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
15 The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer.(O) Also, the gatekeepers were at each temple gate.(P) None of them left their tasks because their Levite brothers had made preparations for them.
16 So all the service of the Lord was established that day for observing the Passover and for offering burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord, according to the command of King Josiah. 17 The Israelites who were present in Judah also observed the Passover at that time and the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days.(Q) 18 No Passover had been observed(R) like it in Israel since the days of the prophet Samuel. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present in Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 19 In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed.
Josiah’s Last Deeds and Death
20 After all this(S) that Josiah had prepared for the temple, King Neco of Egypt(T) marched up to fight at Carchemish(U) by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him. 21 But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, king of Judah?(V) I have not come against you today[g] but I am fighting another dynasty.[h] God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God who is with me; don’t make him destroy you!”
22 But Josiah did not turn away from him; instead, in order to fight with him he disguised himself.[i](W) He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to the Valley of Megiddo(X) to fight. 23 The archers shot King Josiah, and he said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am severely wounded!” (Y) 24 So his servants took him out of the war chariot, carried him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem. Then he died, and they buried him in the tomb of his ancestors. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned(Z) for Josiah. 25 Jeremiah chanted a dirge(AA) over Josiah, and all the male and female singers still speak of Josiah in their dirges today. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Dirges.
26 The rest of the events(AB) of Josiah’s reign, along with his deeds of faithful love according to what is written in the law of the Lord, 27 and his words, from beginning to end, are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.
Footnotes
- 35:4 Lit the house of your fathers
- 35:5 Lit the house of the fathers
- 35:5 Lit the sons of the people, also in vv. 7,12,13
- 35:11 LXX, Vg, Tg; MT omits blood
- 35:11 Lit splattered from their hand
- 35:12 Lit house of fathers
- 35:21 LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg; MT reads Not against you, you today
- 35:21 Lit house
- 35:22 LXX reads he was determined
2 Crónicas 35
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2 Crónicas 35
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Celebración de la Pascua(A)
35 Josías celebró en Jerusalén la Pascua del Señor. El día catorce del mes primero celebraron la Pascua. 2 Josías asignó las funciones a los sacerdotes y los animó a dedicarse al servicio del templo del Señor. 3 A los levitas, que eran los encargados de enseñar a los israelitas y que estaban consagrados al Señor, les dijo: «Poned el arca sagrada en el templo que construyó Salomón hijo de David, rey de Israel, para que ya no tengáis que llevarla sobre los hombros. Servid al Señor vuestro Dios y a su pueblo Israel. 4 Organizaos en turnos, según vuestras familias patriarcales, de acuerdo con las instrucciones que dejaron por escrito David, rey de Israel, y su hijo Salomón. 5 Ocupad vuestros puestos en el santuario, conforme a las familias patriarcales de vuestros hermanos israelitas, de manera que a cada grupo de familias del pueblo corresponda un grupo de levitas. 6 Celebrad la Pascua, consagraos y preparadlo todo para vuestros hermanos, y cumplid con lo que el Señor ordenó por medio de Moisés».
7 De sus propios bienes, Josías obsequió a todo el pueblo allí presente unos treinta mil corderos y cabritos y tres mil bueyes, para que celebraran la Pascua. 8 También los jefes hicieron sus donativos para el pueblo y para los sacerdotes y levitas. Por su parte, Jilquías, Zacarías y Jehiel, oficiales del templo de Dios, entregaron a los sacerdotes dos mil seiscientos animales de ganado menor y trescientos bueyes, para celebrar la Pascua. 9 Conanías y sus hermanos Semaías y Natanael, y Jasabías, Jeyel y Josabad, jefes de los levitas, entregaron a los levitas cinco mil animales de ganado menor y quinientos bueyes.
10 Una vez preparada la ceremonia, los sacerdotes ocuparon sus puestos, y los levitas se organizaron según sus turnos, conforme a la orden del rey. 11 Al sacrificar los animales para la Pascua, los sacerdotes rociaban la sangre y los levitas desollaban los animales. 12 Luego entregaban a cada familia patriarcal del pueblo la porción que esta debía ofrecerle al Señor, como está escrito en el libro de Moisés. Lo mismo hicieron con los bueyes. 13 Después asaron los animales para la Pascua, conforme al mandamiento; además, cocieron las otras ofrendas en ollas, calderos y sartenes, y las repartieron rápidamente entre toda la gente. 14 Luego prepararon la Pascua para ellos mismos y para los sacerdotes descendientes de Aarón. Los levitas tuvieron que prepararla para ellos mismos y para los sacerdotes porque estos estuvieron ocupados hasta la noche ofreciendo los holocaustos y la grasa.
15 Los cantores descendientes de Asaf ocuparon sus puestos, de acuerdo con lo que habían dispuesto David, Asaf, Hemán y Jedutún, vidente del rey. También los porteros permanecieron en sus respectivas puertas, y no tuvieron que abandonar sus puestos de servicio, pues sus compañeros levitas les prepararon la Pascua.
16 Así se organizó aquel día el servicio del Señor para celebrar la Pascua y ofrecer los holocaustos en el altar del Señor, tal como lo había ordenado el rey Josías. 17 En aquella ocasión, los israelitas allí presentes celebraron durante siete días la fiesta de la Pascua y la de los Panes sin levadura. 18 Desde la época del profeta Samuel no se había celebrado una Pascua semejante, y ninguno de los reyes había celebrado una Pascua así, como lo hizo Josías con los sacerdotes y levitas, con los habitantes de Judá y de Israel allí presentes, y con los de Jerusalén. 19 Esta Pascua se celebró en el año dieciocho del reinado de Josías.
Muerte de Josías(B)
20 Tiempo después de que Josías terminó la restauración del templo, Necao, rey de Egipto, salió a presentar batalla en Carquemis, ciudad que está junto al río Éufrates, pero Josías le salió al paso. 21 Necao envió mensajeros a decirle: «No te entrometas, rey de Judá. Hoy no vengo a luchar contra ti, sino contra la nación que me hace la guerra. Dios, que está de mi parte, me ha ordenado que me apresure. Así que no interfieras con Dios, para que él no te destruya».
22 Josías no hizo caso a la advertencia que Dios le dio por medio de Necao; al contrario, en vez de retirarse, se disfrazó y fue a la llanura de Meguido para pelear contra Necao. 23 Como los arqueros le dispararon, el rey Josías les dijo a sus siervos: «Sacadme de aquí, porque estoy gravemente herido». 24 Sus siervos lo sacaron del carro en que estaba y lo trasladaron a otro carro, y lo llevaron a Jerusalén. Allí murió, y fue sepultado en el panteón de sus antepasados. Y todo Judá y todo Jerusalén hicieron duelo por él.
25 Jeremías compuso un lamento por la muerte de Josías; además, hasta este día todos los cantores y las cantoras aluden a Josías en sus cantos fúnebres. Estos cantos, que se han hecho populares en Israel, forman parte de las Lamentaciones.
26 Los demás acontecimientos del reinado de Josías, sus actos piadosos acordes con la ley del Señor, 27 y sus hechos, desde el primero hasta el último, están escritos en el libro de los reyes de Israel y de Judá.
2 Chronicles 35
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2 Chronicles 35
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Josiah Celebrates the Passover(A)
35 Josiah celebrated the Passover(B) to the Lord in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the Lord’s temple. 3 He said to the Levites, who instructed(C) all Israel and who had been consecrated to the Lord: “Put the sacred ark in the temple that Solomon son of David king of Israel built. It is not to be carried about on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel. 4 Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions,(D) according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and by his son Solomon.
5 “Stand in the holy place with a group of Levites for each subdivision of the families of your fellow Israelites, the lay people. 6 Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves(E) and prepare the lambs for your fellow Israelites, doing what the Lord commanded through Moses.”
7 Josiah provided for all the lay people who were there a total of thirty thousand lambs and goats for the Passover offerings,(F) and also three thousand cattle—all from the king’s own possessions.(G)
8 His officials also contributed(H) voluntarily to the people and the priests and Levites. Hilkiah,(I) Zechariah and Jehiel, the officials in charge of God’s temple, gave the priests twenty-six hundred Passover offerings and three hundred cattle. 9 Also Konaniah(J) along with Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel and Jozabad,(K) the leaders of the Levites, provided five thousand Passover offerings and five hundred head of cattle for the Levites.
10 The service was arranged and the priests stood in their places with the Levites in their divisions(L) as the king had ordered.(M) 11 The Passover lambs were slaughtered,(N) and the priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them, while the Levites skinned the animals. 12 They set aside the burnt offerings to give them to the subdivisions of the families of the people to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the cattle. 13 They roasted the Passover animals over the fire as prescribed,(O) and boiled the holy offerings in pots, caldrons and pans and served them quickly to all the people. 14 After this, they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were sacrificing the burnt offerings and the fat portions(P) until nightfall. So the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the Aaronic priests.
15 The musicians,(Q) the descendants of Asaph, were in the places prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun the king’s seer. The gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made the preparations for them.
16 So at that time the entire service of the Lord was carried out for the celebration of the Passover and the offering of burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord, as King Josiah had ordered. 17 The Israelites who were present celebrated the Passover at that time and observed the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days. 18 The Passover had not been observed like this in Israel since the days of the prophet Samuel; and none of the kings of Israel had ever celebrated such a Passover as did Josiah, with the priests, the Levites and all Judah and Israel who were there with the people of Jerusalem. 19 This Passover was celebrated in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign.
The Death of Josiah(R)
20 After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Necho king of Egypt went up to fight at Carchemish(S) on the Euphrates,(T) and Josiah marched out to meet him in battle. 21 But Necho sent messengers to him, saying, “What quarrel is there, king of Judah, between you and me? It is not you I am attacking at this time, but the house with which I am at war. God has told(U) me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or he will destroy you.”
22 Josiah, however, would not turn away from him, but disguised(V) himself to engage him in battle. He would not listen to what Necho had said at God’s command but went to fight him on the plain of Megiddo.
23 Archers(W) shot King Josiah, and he told his officers, “Take me away; I am badly wounded.” 24 So they took him out of his chariot, put him in his other chariot and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.
25 Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers commemorate Josiah in the laments.(X) These became a tradition in Israel and are written in the Laments.(Y)
26 The other events of Josiah’s reign and his acts of devotion in accordance with what is written in the Law of the Lord— 27 all the events, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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