14_2CH_35_01 moreover Josiah kept A passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem : And they killed the passover on the fourteenth [ day ] of the first month .
14_2CH_35_02 And he set the priests in their charges , And encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD ,
14_2CH_35_03 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 ,
14_2CH_35_04 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 .
14_2CH_35_05 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 .
14_2CH_35_06 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 .
14_2CH_35_07 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 .
14_2CH_35_08 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 .
14_2CH_35_09 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 .
14_2CH_35_10 So the service was prepared , And the priests stood in their place , And the Levites in their courses , according to the king's commandment .
14_2CH_35_11 And they killed the passover , And the priests sprinkled [ the blood ] from their hands , And the Levites flayed [ them ] .
14_2CH_35_12 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 .
14_2CH_35_13 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 .
14_2CH_35_14 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 .
14_2CH_35_15 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 .
14_2CH_35_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 .
14_2CH_35_17 And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time , And the feast of unleavened bread seven days .
14_2CH_35_18 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 .
14_2CH_35_19 in the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept .
14_2CH_35_20 after all this , when Josiah had prepared the temple , Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates : And Josiah went out against him .
14_2CH_35_21 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 .
14_2CH_35_22 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 .
14_2CH_35_23 And the archers shot at king Josiah ; And the king said to his servants , have me away ; for I am sore wounded .
14_2CH_35_24 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 .
14_2CH_35_25 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 .
14_2CH_35_26 now the rest of the acts of Josiah , And his goodness , according to [ that which was ] written in the law of the LORD ,
14_2CH_35_27 And his deeds , first And last , behold , they [ are ] written in the book of the kings of Israel And Judah .