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2 Chronicles 35
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Josiah Celebrates the Passover

35 Then Josiah (A)celebrated the Passover to Yahweh in Jerusalem, and (B)they slaughtered the Passover animals on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 And he caused the priests to stand in their responsibilities and (C)strengthened them in the service of the house of Yahweh. 3 He also said to (D)the Levites who provided understanding to all Israel and who were holy to Yahweh, “Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built; (E)it will be a burden on your shoulders no longer. Now serve Yahweh your God and His people Israel. 4 (F)So prepare yourselves by your fathers’ households in your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel and (G)according to the writing of his son Solomon. 5 Moreover, (H)stand in the holy place according to the sections of the fathers’ households of your brothers the [a]lay people, and according to the Levites, by division of a father’s household. 6 Now (I)slaughter the Passover animals, (J)sanctify yourselves and prepare for your brothers to do according to the word of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.”

7 And Josiah contributed to the lay people, to all who were present, flocks of lambs and young goats, all for the Passover offerings, numbering 30,000 plus 3,000 bulls; these were from the king’s possessions. 8 His officials also contributed a freewill offering to the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, (K)the officers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 from the flocks and 300 bulls. 9 (L)Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the [b]officials of the Levites, contributed to the Levites for the Passover offerings 5,000 from the flocks and 500 bulls.

10 So the service was prepared, and (M)the priests stood at their stations and the Levites by their divisions according to the king’s commandment. 11 (N)And [c]they slaughtered the Passover animals, and while (O)the priests splashed [d]the blood received from their hand, (P)the Levites skinned them. 12 Then they took away the portions for the burnt offerings that they might give them to the sections of the fathers’ households of the lay people to bring near to Yahweh, as it is written in the book of Moses. They did this also with the bulls. 13 So (Q)they roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the legal judgment, and they boiled (R)the holy things in pots, in kettles, in pans, and carried them speedily to all the lay people. 14 Afterwards they prepared for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were 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 also at their stations (S)according to the commandment of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and (T)the gatekeepers at each gate did not have to turn aside from their service, because the Levites their brothers prepared for them.

16 So all the service of Yahweh was prepared on that day to celebrate the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of Yahweh according to the commandment of King Josiah. 17 Thus (U)the sons of Israel who were present celebrated the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days. 18 (V)And there had not been celebrated a Passover like it in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; nor had any of the kings of Israel celebrated such a Passover as Josiah celebrated with the priests, the Levites, all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 19 In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was celebrated.

Josiah Dies in War

20 (W)After all this, when Josiah had set the [e]house in order, Neco king of Egypt went up to make war at (X)Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to meet him. 21 But [f]Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “(Y)What have I to do with you, O King of Judah? I am not coming against you today but against the house with which I am at war, and God has said for me to hurry. Stop for your own sake from interfering with God who is with me, so that He will not bring you to ruin.” 22 However, Josiah would not turn [g]away from him, but (Z)disguised himself in order to make war with him; nor did he listen to the words of Neco (AA)from the mouth of God, but came to make war on the plain of (AB)Megiddo. 23 Then the archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded.” 24 So his servants took him out of the chariot and drove him in the second chariot which he had, and brought him to Jerusalem [h]where he died, and he was buried in the tombs of his fathers. (AC)And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. 25 Then (AD)Jeremiah chanted a lament for Josiah. And all the male and female singers speak about Josiah in their lamentations to this day. And they made them a statute in Israel; behold, they are also written in the lamentations. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his deeds of lovingkindness according to what was written in the law of Yahweh, 27 and his acts, first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 35:5 Lit sons of the people, so in ch
  2. 2 Chronicles 35:9 Or leaders
  3. 2 Chronicles 35:11 The Levites
  4. 2 Chronicles 35:11 As in Gr
  5. 2 Chronicles 35:20 Or temple
  6. 2 Chronicles 35:21 Lit he
  7. 2 Chronicles 35:22 Lit his face
  8. 2 Chronicles 35:24 Lit and
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2 Chronicles 35
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King Josiah prepares for the Passover festival

35 King Josiah told the people to have the Passover festival in Jerusalem, to give honour to the Lord. They killed the lambs for the Passover meal on the 14th day of the first month of the year. 2 Josiah told the priests the jobs that they should do. He told them to be strong as they served the Lord in his temple. 3 The work of the Levites was to teach all the Israelites about God's laws. The Lord had chosen them to do that special work. Josiah said to them, ‘Put the holy Covenant Box in the temple that David's son, King Solomon, built. Do not carry it on your shoulders. Now you must serve the Lord your God and his people, the Israelites. 4 Each group of families must be ready to do their work. King David of Israel and his son Solomon decided what work each group must do. 5 Each group of Levites must stand in the holy place of the temple. Each group will be ready to help the people of different clans. 6 Kill the lambs for the Passover meal. Make yourselves clean to serve the Lord. Prepare the sacrifices for each Israelite family. Then they can eat the Passover meal, as the Lord told Moses they must do.’[a]

Many people give offerings

7 Josiah took 30,000 lambs and goats, and 3,000 bulls from his own animals. He gave them to the people who were there, to kill for their Passover sacrifices.

8 His officers were also happy to give their animals to the people, as well as to the priests and the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel were officers who took care of the temple. They gave 2,600 lambs and 300 bulls to the priests for Passover sacrifices. 9 These Levite officers gave 5,000 lambs and 500 bulls to the Levites for Passover sacrifices: Konaniah and his brothers, Shemaiah and Nethanel; Hashabiah, Jeiel and Jozabad.

The Passover meal

10 Everything was ready for the Passover to begin. The priests and the Levites stood in their places, group by group, as the king had commanded. 11 Some Levites killed the lambs for the Passover meal. They gave the blood to the priests, and the priests splashed the blood on the altar. At the same time, some Levites were removing the skins from the animals. 12 They took the animals for the burnt offerings to give to the people. They shared them among each group of families. Then each family could offer a bull to the Lord as a sacrifice, in the way that the book of Moses taught. 13 The Levites cooked the lambs for the Passover meal over a fire, as the rules taught. They boiled the meat of the holy offerings in pots and pans.[b] Then they quickly carried the meat to all the people.

14 After that, the Levites prepared the Passover meal for themselves and for the priests. The priests had been busy all day, until the evening. They were offering the burnt offerings and the pieces of fat to the Lord. So the Levites prepared the meal for themselves and for the priests, Aaron's descendants.

15 Asaph's descendants, the musicians, stood in their places. Those were the places that David, Asaph, Heman and the king's prophet, Jeduthun, had chosen. The guards continued to watch the different gates all through the day. So the other Levites prepared the meal for them too.

16 So they did everything properly to serve the Lord that day. Everyone did what King Josiah had told them to do. They had the Passover meal and they offered the burnt offerings on the Lord's altar. 17 Some Israelite people were also there in Jerusalem for the Passover festival at that time. They also stayed seven more days for the festival of Flat Bread.

18 There had not been a Passover festival like that in Israel since the time of the prophet Samuel. No king of Israel had enjoyed a Passover festival as good as the one that King Josiah had. The priests, the Levites and all the people enjoyed the festival. They were the people of Judah, the people of Israel who had come to Jerusalem, as well as the people who lived in Jerusalem. 19 This Passover festival happened in the 18th year that Josiah ruled Judah as king.

Josiah dies

20 After Josiah had done all those things for the temple, King Necho of Egypt marched out with his army. He came to fight a battle at Carchemish, a city beside the Euphrates river. King Josiah went with his army to fight against King Necho. 21 But Necho sent men with a message to Josiah. King Necho said, ‘King of Judah, you should not come to fight against me. We should be friends. I came to fight against this kingdom which is my enemy. God has told me that I must hurry. So do not try to stop me, because God is with me. If you try to fight against God, he will destroy you.’

22 But Josiah would not agree to go away. He changed his clothes so that nobody would recognize him in the battle. God had told King Necho what to say to Josiah. But Josiah would not listen to his words. Instead, he went to fight against Necho in Megiddo valley.

23 Necho's soldiers hit King Josiah with their arrows. The king said to his servants, ‘Take me away from the battle! The arrows have hurt me very much.’ 24 So they took him out of the chariot that he was riding in. They put him in his other chariot. Then they took him to Jerusalem and he died there. His people buried him beside his ancestors. All the people of Judah and Jerusalem wept because Josiah had died.

25 Jeremiah wrote sad songs about Josiah's death. The male and female singers still sing these songs to remember Josiah, even today. The songs have become something that the people of Israel always like to sing. They are written in a book called ‘The book of sad songs’.

26-27 All the other things that Josiah did while he was king are written in a book. The book is called ‘The history of the kings of Israel and Judah’. It tells how Josiah faithfully obeyed what is written in the Law of the Lord. It includes all the good things that he did, from the beginning to the end of his time as king.

Footnotes

  1. 35:6 See Exodus 12:1-14.
  2. 35:13 Pots and pans are things that hold water so that you can cook food in them.
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2 Chronicles 35
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Josiah Celebrates the Passover(A)

35 King Josiah ·celebrated [kept; observed] the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem. The Passover lamb was ·killed [slaughtered] on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 Josiah ·chose [appointed; assigned] the priests to ·do their duties [fulfill their offices], and he encouraged them as they served in the ·Temple [L house] of the Lord. 3 The Levites taught the Israelites and were ·made holy [set apart] for service to the Lord. Josiah said to them, “Put the Holy Ark in the ·Temple [L house] that David’s son Solomon, the king of Israel, built. Do not carry it from place to place on your shoulders anymore. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel. 4 Prepare yourselves by your family ·groups [divisions] for service, and do the jobs that King David and his son Solomon ·gave [wrote down for] you to do.

5 “Stand in the ·holy place [sanctuary] with a ·group [division] of the Levites for each family group of the people. 6 ·Kill [Slaughter] the Passover lambs, and ·make yourselves holy [consecrate/purify/sanctify yourselves] to the Lord. Prepare for your relatives, the people of Israel, to do as the Lord through Moses commanded.”

7 Josiah ·gave [provided] the Israelites thirty thousand sheep and goats to ·kill [slaughter] for the Passover sacrifices, and he gave them three thousand cattle. They were all his own ·animals [property].

8 Josiah’s ·officers [officials] also gave willingly to the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the ·officers [officials] in charge of the ·Temple [L house], gave the priests twenty-six hundred lambs and goats and three hundred cattle for Passover ·sacrifices [offerings]. 9 Conaniah, his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad gave the Levites five thousand sheep and goats and five hundred cattle for Passover sacrifices. These men were ·leaders [officials] of the Levites.

10 When everything was ready for the Passover service, the priests and Levites in their divisions went to their ·places [stations], as the king had commanded. 11 The Passover lambs were ·killed [slaughtered]. Then the Levites skinned the animals and gave the blood to the priests, who ·sprinkled [splashed] it on the altar. 12 Then they ·gave [divided; set aside] the animals for the burnt offerings to the different family ·groups [divisions] so the burnt offerings [Lev. 1:1–17] could be ·offered [sacrificed] to the Lord as was written in the ·book [scroll] of Moses. They also did this with the cattle. 13 The Levites roasted the Passover sacrifices over the fire as ·they were commanded [prescribed], and they boiled the ·holy [consecrated] offerings in pots, kettles, and pans. Then they quickly ·gave [served] the meat to the people. 14 After this was finished, the Levites prepared meat for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron. The priests worked until night, offering the burnt offerings [Lev. 1:1–17] and burning the fat of the sacrifices.

15 The Levite singers ·from Asaph’s family [descended from Asaph] stood in ·the places chosen for them by [their stations as prescribed by] King David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun [5:12], the king’s ·seer [prophet]. The gatekeepers at each gate did not have to leave their ·places [posts], because their fellow Levites had prepared ·everything for them for the Passover [L for them].

16 So everything was ·done [completed] that day for the ·worship [service] of the Lord, as King Josiah commanded. The Passover was ·celebrated [kept; observed], and the burnt offerings were ·offered [sacrificed] on the Lord’s altar. 17 The Israelites who were there ·celebrated [kept; observed] the Passover and the ·Feast [Festival] of Unleavened Bread for seven days. 18 The Passover had not been ·celebrated [observed; kept] like this in Israel since the prophet Samuel was alive [C over four hundred years earlier]. None of the kings of Israel had ever ·celebrated [kept; observed] a Passover like the one ·celebrated [kept; observed] by King Josiah, the priests, the Levites, the people of Judah and Israel who were there, and the people of Jerusalem. 19 This Passover was ·celebrated [kept; observed] in the eighteenth year Josiah ·was king [reigned].

The Death of Josiah(B)

20 After Josiah ·did all this for [restored; set in order] the ·Temple [L house], Neco king of Egypt led an army to ·attack [fight/do battle at] Carchemish, a town on the Euphrates River. And Josiah marched out to fight against Neco. 21 But Neco sent messengers to Josiah, saying, “King Josiah, ·there should not be war between us [what have we to do with each other? L what to me and to you]. I did not come to fight you, but ·my enemies [the kingdom/L house with which I am at war]. God told me to hurry, and he is on my side. So ·don’t fight [stop opposing] God, ·or he will [so he will not] destroy you.”

22 But Josiah did not ·go [L turn his face] away. He ·wore different clothes [disguised himself] ·so no one would know who he was [in order to fight him]. Refusing to listen to ·what Neco said at God’s command [L the words Neco received from God’s mouth], Josiah went to fight on the plain of Megiddo. 23 In the battle King Josiah was shot by archers. He told his servants, “Take me away because I am badly wounded.” 24 So they took him out of his chariot and put him in another chariot and carried him to Jerusalem. There he died and was buried in the ·graves [tombs] where his ·ancestors [fathers] were buried. All the people of Judah and Jerusalem ·were very sad because he was dead [mourned for him].

25 Jeremiah ·wrote some sad songs about [composed a lament for] Josiah. Even to this day all the men and women singers ·remember and honor [lament; mourn] Josiah with these songs. It became a ·custom [tradition] in Israel to sing these songs that are written in ·the collection of sad songs [The Book of Laments].

26 The ·other things Josiah did as king [rest of the acts/events/history of Josiah] and his acts of devotion in obedience to what was was written in the Lord’s ·Teachings [instructions; laws], 27 from ·beginning to end [first to last], ·are [L are they not…?] written in the ·book [scroll] of the kings of Israel and Judah.

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2 Kronieken 35
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Josia laat het Paasfeest vieren

35 Toen vierde Josia in Jeruzalem het Paasfeest voor de Heer, op de 14e dag van de eerste maand. 2 Hij leerde de priesters wat precies hun taken waren. Hij leerde hen hoe ze de Heer moesten dienen in de tempel. 3 Ook zei hij tegen de Levieten die aan geheel Israël les gaven over Gods wet en die de Heer moesten dienen: "Zet de kist van het verbond in de tempel die koning Salomo van Israël heeft gebouwd. Jullie hoeven die niet meer op je schouder mee te dragen.[a] Dien nu jullie Heer God, en zijn volk Israël. 4 Maak jullie klaar voor de Heer. Vorm groepen volgens de families waar jullie bij horen en volgens de taken die David en zijn zoon Salomo jullie hebben gegeven. 5 Zorg dat er altijd een groep in het heiligdom klaar staat. Zij moeten de families die niet bij de Levieten horen, helpen met hun offers. 6 Slacht hun paaslam voor hen en maak het voor hen klaar zoals dat moet volgens de wet van Mozes." 7 Josia gaf van zijn eigen kudden 30.000 schapen en geiten en 3000 koeien aan de mensen om te slachten voor het Paasfeest. 8 De leiders van het land gaven ook een geschenk aan het volk, de priesters en de Levieten. En Hilkia, Zacharia en Jehiël, die de leiding hadden over de hele tempel, gaven aan de priesters voor de paas-offers 2600 schapen en geiten en 300 koeien. 9 En Konanja en zijn broers Semaja en Netaneël, met Hasabja, Jehiël en Jozabad, de leiders van de Levieten, gaven 5000 schapen en geiten en 500 koeien voor de paas-offers van de Levieten.

10 Toen werd de offerdienst geregeld volgens de bevelen die de koning had gegeven. Alle groepen van de priesters en Levieten namen hun plaats in. 11 Toen werden de dieren voor de paas-offers geslacht. De Levieten vingen het bloed op in schalen en gaven die aan de priesters. De priesters wierpen het bloed rondom tegen het altaar. Daarna stroopten de Levieten de dieren de huid af. 12 De delen die verbrand moesten worden, legden ze apart voor de families van het volk. Die delen zouden worden geofferd volgens de regels die in het boek van Mozes staan. Hetzelfde deden ze met de koeien. 13 Het vlees van de dieren werd klaargemaakt zoals het was voorgeschreven. Het paaslam werd op het vuur geroosterd. De delen die door de mensen opgegeten zouden worden, kookten ze in potten, pannen en ketels. Daarna brachten ze die zo snel mogelijk naar de mensen om ze op te eten. 14 Daarna maakten ze het paas-offer voor zichzelf en voor de priesters klaar. Want de priesters waren tot laat in de avond nog bezig met het verbranden van de brand-offers en het vet van de vlees-offers. Daarom maakten de Levieten ook de paas-offers voor de priesters klaar.

15 De zangers, uit de familie van Asaf, stonden op de plaatsen die David, Asaf, Heman en Jedutun (de profeet van de koning) hadden bepaald. De deurwachters stonden op hun plaats bij de tempelpoorten. Ze hoefden hun dienst niet te onderbreken om hun offerdier te gaan slachten, want dat deden de andere Levieten voor hen.

16 Zo was alles die dag geregeld voor de viering van het Paasfeest en het offeren van de brand-offers op het altaar van de Heer. Alles ging zoals koning Josia het had bevolen. 17 Alle Israëlieten die daar waren, vierden zo het Paasfeest en het Feest van de Ongegiste Broden, zeven dagen lang. 18 Sinds de tijd van de profeet Samuel was het Paasfeest niet meer op die manier gevierd. Geen één van de koningen van Israël heeft het Paasfeest gevierd zoals koning Josia het vierde met de priesters, Levieten en alle Judeeërs, alle Israëlieten die daar waren en alle bewoners van Jeruzalem. 19 Dit Paasfeest werd gevierd toen Josia 18 jaar koning was.

De koning van Egypte valt Juda aan

20 Zo repareerde koning Josia de tempel en herstelde hij de dienst in de tempel. Daarna trok koning Necho van Egypte met zijn leger dwars door Juda naar Karkemis (in Babylonië) aan de Eufraat.[b] Maar Josia wilde hem niet door zijn land laten trekken en trok hem met zijn leger tegemoet. 21 Maar koning Necho stuurde boodschappers naar koning Josia met de boodschap: "U moet zich hier niet mee bemoeien, koning van Juda. Ik strijd niet tegen u, maar tegen het land waarmee ik in oorlog ben. En God heeft gezegd dat ik me moest haasten. Hij staat aan mijn kant. Verzet u niet tegen Hem, want dan zal Hij u doden." 22 Maar Josia wilde niet naar hem luisteren, ook al waarschuwde God hem door de woorden van koning Necho. Hij vermomde zich en viel hem aan in het Megiddo-dal. 23 Hij werd geraakt door een pijl. De koning zei tegen zijn mannen: "Breng me weg, want ik ben zwaar gewond." 24 Ze haalden hem uit de strijdwagen, legden hem op zijn andere wagen en brachten hem daarmee naar Jeruzalem. Hij stierf en werd begraven bij de andere koningen van Juda. Heel Juda en Jeruzalem treurden over hem.

25 De profeet Jeremia maakte een treurlied over Josia. Nog steeds zingen alle zangers en zangeressen in hun treurliederen over koning Josia. Dat is een vaste gewoonte geworden in Israël. De liederen staan opgeschreven in het boek met treurliederen.[c]

26 De rest van wat Josia allemaal heeft gedaan,[d] met alles wat hij voor de Heer heeft gedaan omdat het in de wet van de Heer staat, 27 vanaf het begin van zijn regering tot aan het einde, staat opgeschreven in de boeken met de geschiedenis van de koningen van Israël en Juda.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Kronieken 35:3 Lees Deuteronomium 10:8
  2. 2 Kronieken 35:20 Koning Necho van Egypte kwam de koning van Assur te hulp in zijn strijd tegen de koning van Babel.
  3. 2 Kronieken 35:25 Dit is niet het bijbelboek KLAAGLIEDEREN.
  4. 2 Kronieken 35:26 Lees ook 2 Koningen 22:1 tot hoofdstuk 23 vers 30.
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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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