2 Chronicles 35 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Josiah Celebrates the Passover

(2Ki 23:21–23 )

Then Josiah^H2977 celebrated^H6213 the Passover^H6453 to Yahweh^H3068 in Jerusalem^H3389, and they slaughtered^H7819 the Passover^H6453 animals on the fourteenth^H702^H6240 day of the first^H7223 month^H2320.

2Ch 35:2

2Ch 35:2And he caused the priests to stand in their responsibilities and strengthened them in the service of the house of Yahweh.

2Ch 35:3

2Ch 35:3He also said to 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; it will be a burden on your shoulders no longer. Now serve Yahweh your God and His people Israel.

2Ch 35:4

2Ch 35:4“So prepare yourselves by your fathers’ households in your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel and according to the writing of his son Solomon.

2Ch 35:5

2Ch 35:5“Moreover, stand in the holy place according to the sections of the fathers’ households of your brothers the [fn]lay people, and according to the Levites, by division of a father’s household.

2Ch 35:6

2Ch 35:6“Now slaughter the Passover animals, sanctify yourselves and prepare for your brothers to do according to the word of Yahweh by the hand of Moses.”

2Ch 35:7

And Josiah^H2977 contributed^H7311 to the lay^H1121 people^H5971, to all^H3605 who were^H4672 present^H4672, flocks^H6629 of lambs^H3532 and young^H1121^H5795 goats^H1121^H5795, all^H3605 for the Passover^H6453 offerings^H6453, numbering^H4557 30,000^H7970^H505 plus 3,000^H7969^H505 bulls^H1241; these^H428 were from the king’s^H4428 possessions^H7399.

2Ch 35:8

2Ch 35:8His officials also contributed a freewill offering to the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the officers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 from the flocks and 300 bulls.

2Ch 35:9

2Ch 35:9Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the [fn]officials of the Levites, contributed to the Levites for the Passover offerings 5,000 from the flocks and 500 bulls.

2Ch 35:10

So the service^H5656 was prepared^H3559, and the priests^H3548 stood^H5975 at their stations^H5977 and the Levites^H3881 by their divisions^H4256 according to the king’s^H4428 commandment^H4687.

2Ch 35:11

2Ch 35:11And [fn]they slaughtered the Passover animals, and while the priests splashed [fn]the blood received from their hand, the Levites skinned them.

2Ch 35:12

2Ch 35:12Then 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.

2Ch 35:13

2Ch 35:13So they roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the legal judgment, and they boiled the holy things in pots, in kettles, in pans, and carried them speedily to all the lay people.

2Ch 35:14

2Ch 35:14Afterwards 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.

2Ch 35:15

2Ch 35:15The singers, the sons of Asaph, were also at their stations according to the commandment of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers at each gate did not have to turn aside from their service, because the Levites their brothers prepared for them.

2Ch 35:16

So all^H3605 the service^H5656 of Yahweh^H3068 was prepared^H3559 on that day^H3117 to celebrate^H6213 the Passover^H6453, and to offer^H5927 burnt^H5930 offerings^H5930 on the altar^H4196 of Yahweh^H3068 according to the commandment^H4687 of King^H4428 Josiah^H2977.

2Ch 35:17

2Ch 35:17Thus the sons of Israel who were present celebrated the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days.

2Ch 35:18

2Ch 35:18And 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.

2Ch 35:19

2Ch 35:19In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was celebrated.

Josiah Dies in War

(2Ki 23:28–30 )

2Ch 35:20

After^H310 all^H3605 this^H2088, when^H834 Josiah^H2977 had set^H3559 the [fn]house^H1004 in^H3559 order^H3559, Neco^H5224 king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714 went^H5927 up^H5927 to make^H3898 war^H3898 at Carchemish^H3751 on the Euphrates^H6578, and Josiah^H2977 went^H3318 out^H3318 to meet^H7122 him.

2Ch 35:21

2Ch 35:21But [fn]Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “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.”

2Ch 35:22

2Ch 35:22However, Josiah would not turn [fn]away from him, but disguised himself in order to make war with him; nor did he listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, but came to make war on the plain of Megiddo.

2Ch 35:23

2Ch 35:23Then the archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded.”

2Ch 35:24

2Ch 35:24So his servants took him out of the chariot and drove him in the second chariot which he had, and brought him to Jerusalem [fn]where he died, and he was buried in the tombs of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

2Ch 35:25

2Ch 35:25Then 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.

2Ch 35:26