King Josiah Holds a Passover |
2 Chronicles 35:1-27 2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks] |
[Also, king] Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord [God] in Jerusalem. They killed the Passover [animals] on the 14th day of the 1st month. [Josaiah appointed] the priests [with] their [duties] & encouraged them [in] their service of the [Lord's] house. |
[Josaiah] said to the Levites, [who] were holy to the Lord & [taught] all [of] Israel, Put the Holy Ark in the [Lord's] house [that] Solomon, [David's] son, [Israel's] king, built. [The Holy Ark] shall [no longer] be a burden [you carry] on your shoulders. |
Now, serve the Lord, your God & His people, Israel. [Organize] yourselves by your [father's families] & your [divisions,] according to [what] David, [Israel's] king, & Solomon, his son, [wrote.] |
Stand in the Holy Place according to the divisions of the fathers of your [relatives of] the people & [like] the [Levite's family] divisions. So, kill the Passover [animals] & sanctify yourselves & prepare your brethren, [so] they may do according to the Word of the Lord by Moses' hand. |
Josiah gave 3,000 bulls & 30,000 lambs & [kid goats] for the Passover offerings, from the king's [possessions for] the people [there.] |
[Josiah's] princes willingly gave 2,600 small [livestock] & 300 oxen to the priests, the people & the Levites: Hilkiah, Zechariah & Jehiel, [officials] of [God's] house & gave the [livestock] to the priests of the Passover offerings. |
Also, Conaniah [a.k.a. Konaniah] & his brethren, Shemaiah & Nethaneel [a.k.a. Nethanel] & [the leaders] of the Levites: Hashabiah, Jeiel & Jozabad. [They] gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings 5,000 small [livestock] & 500 oxen. |
So, the service was prepared & the priests stood in their place & the Levites in their [divisions,] according to the king's [command.] They killed the Passover [animals with their hands] & sprinkled the blood from their hands & the Levites fileted them. |
They removed the burnt offerings, [so] they might give [it] according to the divisions of the people's families, to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the Book of Moses. They did [the same] with the oxen. |
They roasted the Passover [animals] with fire according to the ordinance, but the other holy offerings they [boiled] in pots, caldrons & in pans & speedily divided them among all the people. |
Afterward, they [prepared food] for themselves & the priests, because the priests, [Aaron's descendants,] were [busy with] offering the burnt offerings & fat until night. |
[That's why,] the Levites prepared [food] for themselves & the priests, the [descendants] of Aaron. The singers, [Asaph's] sons, were in their place, according to [David's command.] |
Asaph, Heman & Jeduthun, the king's seer [prophet with divine visions] & the [gate keepers] waited at every gate. The Levites, their brethren, prepared [food] for them, [so] they [didn't leave ] their [responsibility.] |
According to [Josiah's command,] all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover & to offer the burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord. And the children [people] of Israel [who were there] at that time, kept the Passover & the Feast of Unleavened Bread [for] 7 days. |
From the days of Samuel, the prophet, there [wasn't any] Passover like this kept in Israel. Neither did [any of] the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josaiah kept. The priests, Levites, & all Judah, Israel & [Jerusalem's] inhabitants were present. |
The Passover was kept in the 18th year Josiah [ruled.] After all this, when Josaiah prepared the [Lord's] temple, Necho, [Egypt's] king, came up to fight against Charchemish [near the] Euphrates [River.] |
Josaiah went out against him, but [Necho] sent ambassadors to [Josiah,] saying, King of Judah, what [quarrel is there between you & me?] I [didn't] come against you this day, but against the house I have war [with:] for God commanded me to hurry. |
[Stop your] meddling with God, Who is with me, [so] He doesn't destroy you. [Still] Josaiah [wouldn't] turn [away] from him, but disguised himself, [so] he might fight with [Necho] & [didn't pay attention] to the words of Necho, [had given to him] from the mouth of God. |
And [Josiah] came to fight in the Valley of Megiddo. The archers shot Josaiah & king [Josaiah] said to his servants, [Take me away; for I am [severely] wounded. His servants took [Josiah] out of that chariot & put him in a 2nd chariot that he had. |
And they brought [Josiah] to Jerusalem & he died & was buried in one of the [tombs] of his [forefathers.] And all Judah & Jerusalem mourned for Josaiah. Jeremiah [grieved] for Josiah & the [male & female singers speak] of Josiah, [as they lament] until this day. |
[They] made them [a rule] in Israel & [look] they are written in the Lamentations. Now, the rest of [Josaiah's actions] & all his goodness, according to [what] was written in the Law of the Lord & [Josaiah's] deeds, 1st & last, [look,] they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel & Judah. |