1And Josiah kept, in Jerusalem, a passover unto Yahweh,—and they slaughtered the passover, on the fourteenth of the first month.stylusExodus 12:6, Exodus 12:6, Numbers 9:3, Numbers 9:3, Ezra 6:192And he set the priests over their charges,—and encouraged them unto the service of the house of Yahweh;stylus2 Chronicles 31:2, 2 Chronicles 31:2, 1 Chronicles 22:19, 1 Chronicles 22:19, 2 Chronicles 23:83and said to the Levites who gave instruction to all Israel as to the things which were hallowed unto Yahweh, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon son of David king of Israel did build, it is not yours as a burden on the shoulder,—Now, serve ye Yahweh your God, and his people Israel;stylus1 Chronicles 23:26, 1 Chronicles 23:26, 2 Chronicles 30:22, Deuteronomy 33:10, 2 Chronicles 17:84and prepare yourselves by your ancestral houses, according to your courses,—by the writing of David king of Israel, and by what hath been written by Solomon his son;stylus2 Chronicles 8:14, 2 Chronicles 8:14, 1 Chronicles 23:1, 1 Chronicles 23:26, 1 Chronicles 23:15and stand ye in the holy place, by the divisions of the ancestral house, for your brethren, the sons of the people, and the partitioning of an ancestral house, for the Levites.stylusPsalms 134:1, Psalms 134:1, Psalms 135:2, Ezra 6:18, Psalms 135:26So slaughter ye the passover,—and hallow yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, that they may do according to the word of Yahweh, by the hand of Moses.stylus2 Chronicles 29:5, 2 Chronicles 29:5, Hebrews 9:13, Hebrews 9:14, 2 Chronicles 29:157And Josiah presented to the sons of the people—of flocks, young sheep and the young of the goats, the whole for the passover offerings, for all present, to the number of thirty thousand, and, of bullocks, three thousand,—these, out of the substance of the king.stylus1 Kings 8:63, 1 Kings 8:63, 2 Chronicles 30:24, 2 Chronicles 30:24, 1 Chronicles 29:38And, his rulers, willingly, to the people and to the priests and to the Levites, presented,—Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, chief rulers of the house of God, unto the priests, did give, for passover offerings, two thousand and six hundred, and, of bullocks, three hundred;stylus2 Chronicles 29:31, 2 Chronicles 29:33, 2 Chronicles 29:31, 2 Chronicles 29:33, 1 Chronicles 29:69and, Conaniah, and Shemaiah and Nethanel his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, rulers of the Levites, presented to the Levites, for passover offerings, five thousand, and, of bullocks, five hundred.stylusIsaiah 1:10, Isaiah 1:15, Micah 6:6, Micah 6:8, 2 Chronicles 31:1210Thus was the service prepared,—and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the commandment of the king.stylusEzra 6:18, 2 Chronicles 30:16, Ezra 6:18, 2 Chronicles 30:16, 2 Chronicles 35:411So they slaughtered the passover, and the priests dashed [the blood received] at their hand, and the Levites were flaying [the offerings] .stylus2 Chronicles 29:34, 2 Chronicles 29:34, Leviticus 1:5, Leviticus 1:6, Numbers 18:712Then they removed the ascending-sacrifice, that they might give them—by the divisions of each ancestral house—unto the sons of the people, to offer unto Yahweh, as it is written in the Book of Moses,—and, in like manner, with the bullocks.stylusLeviticus 3:14, Leviticus 3:16, Leviticus 3:5, Leviticus 3:9, Leviticus 3:1113And they cooked the passover with fire, according to the regulation,—but, the hallowed things, cooked they in cauldrons and in pots and in bowls, and then took quickly, unto all the sons of the people.stylusExodus 12:8, Exodus 12:9, Exodus 12:8, Exodus 12:9, 1 Samuel 2:1314And, afterwards, prepared they for themselves and for the priests, because, the priests, the sons of Aaron, had been engaged in offering up the ascending-sacrifice and the fat pieces, until night,—the Levites, therefore prepared for themselves, and for the priests, the sons of Aaron.stylusActs 6:2, Acts 6:4, Acts 6:2, Acts 6:415the singers also, the sons of Asaph, were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the seer of the king, and, the doorkeepers, were at the several doors,—there was no need for them to remove from their service, for, their brethren the Levites, prepared for them.stylus1 Chronicles 9:17, 1 Chronicles 9:19, 1 Chronicles 26:12, 1 Chronicles 26:19, 1 Chronicles 25:116Thus was all the service of Yahweh prepared on that day; to keep the passover, and to offer up the ascending-sacrifice, upon the altar of Yahweh,—according to the commandment of King Josiah.stylus17So the sons of Israel who were present kept the passover at that time,—and the festival of unleavened cakes, seven days.stylusExodus 12:15, Exodus 12:20, Exodus 12:15, Exodus 12:20, Numbers 28:1618And there had not been kept, a passover like it, in Israel, since the days of Samuel the prophet,—yea, none of the kings of Israel, had kept such a passover as was kept by Josiah and the priests and the Levites and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.stylus2 Chronicles 30:5, 2 Kings 23:21, 2 Kings 23:23, 2 Chronicles 30:5, 2 Kings 23:2119In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah, was kept this passover.stylus20After all this—when Josiah had prepared the house, Neco king of Egypt came up,-to fight against Carchemish, by Euphrates, and Josiah went forth against him.stylus2 Kings 23:29, 2 Kings 23:30, Isaiah 10:9, 2 Kings 23:29, 2 Kings 23:3021But he sent unto him messengers, saying—What have I to do with thee, O king of Judah? not against thee, [have I come] this day, but against the house wherewith I have war, and, God, hath given word to speed me,—cease thou from [provoking] God who is with me, lest he destroy thee.stylus2 Kings 18:25, 2 Chronicles 25:19, 2 Kings 18:25, 2 Chronicles 25:19, John 2:422Howbeit Josiah turned not his face from him, for, to fight against him, he had disguised himself, and he hearkened not unto the words of Neco, from the mouth of God,—so he came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.stylusJudges 5:19, Judges 5:19, 2 Chronicles 18:29, 2 Chronicles 18:29, 2 Chronicles 35:2123And the archers shot at King Josiah,—and the king said unto his servants, Take me away, for I am sore wounded.stylus1 Kings 22:34, 1 Kings 22:34, 2 Chronicles 18:33, 2 Kings 8:29, Lamentations 3:1324So his servants took him away out of the war-chariot, and conveyed him in a second chariot which he had, and carried him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers,—and, all Judah and Jerusalem, were mourning over Josiah.stylusZechariah 12:11, Zechariah 12:11, 2 Kings 23:30, 2 Kings 23:30, Ecclesiastes 9:125And Jeremiah chanted a dirge over Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women in their dirges have spoken concerning Josiah, until this day, and they appointed them by statute for Israel,—and, there they are, written among the dirges.stylusJeremiah 22:10, Lamentations 4:20, Jeremiah 22:10, Lamentations 4:20, Job 3:826But, the rest of the story of Josiah, and his lovingkindness,—according to that which is written in the law of Yahweh:stylus2 Chronicles 32:32, 2 Chronicles 31:20, 2 Chronicles 32:32, 2 Chronicles 31:2027even his story, first and last, there it is, written in the book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.stylus2 Kings 16:19, 2 Chronicles 25:26, 2 Chronicles 24:27, 2 Kings 10:34, 2 Chronicles 32:32