2 Chronicles 35:1-27 King Josiah Holds a Passover

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. [Josiah appointed] the priests [with] their [duties,] & encouraged them [in their] service [for] the [Lord's] house.

And [Josiah] said to the Levites, [who] were holy to the Lord, & [taught] all [of] Israel, Put the Holy Ark [into] the [Lord's] house, [that] Solomon, [David's] son, [Israel's] king, [built.] [The Holy Ark] shall [no] [longer] be a burden [that you carry] upon your shoulders.

Now, serve the Lord your God, & His people, Israel. And prepare, [a.k.a. organize,] yourselves by your [forefathers'] houses, [a.k.a. families,] & your [divisions,] according to [what] David, [Israel's] king, & Solomon, his son, [wrote.]

And stand in the Holy Place according to the divisions of the [forefathers’] families of your brethren, [a.k.a. relatives, of] the people, & [like] the [divisions] of the families of the Levites. So, kill the Passover [animals,] & sanctify yourselves, & prepare your brethren, [so] that they may do according to the Word of the Lord by Moses' hand.

And Josiah gave to the people: 3,000 [bulls,] & 30,000 lambs, & [kid goats,] all for the Passover offerings, for all [who] were present, these [sacrificial animals] were [from] the king's [possessions.]

And [king Josiah's] princes willingly gave 2,600 small cattle, [a.k.a. livestock,] & 300 oxen to: the people; the priests; & the Levites: Hilkiah, Zechariah, & Jehiel, rulers [a.k.a. officials,] of [God's] house, & gave [the livestock] to the priests for the Passover offerings.

Also, Conaniah, [a.k.a. Konaniah,] & his brethren, Shemaiah, & Nethaneel, [a.k.a. Nethanel,] & [the] chief, [a.k.a. leaders,] of the Levites: Hashabiah, Jeiel, & Jozabad, 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.] And they killed the Passover [animals,] & sprinkled the blood from their hands, & the Levites [filleted] them. [Leviticus 8:14-15 And [Moses] brought the [bull] for the sin offering.

And Aaron & his sons laid their hands upon the head of the [bull] for the sin offering. And he [killed] it, & Moses took the blood, & put it upon the horns of the altar [sprinkling] it [around] with his finger, & purified the altar, & poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, & sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.]

And they removed the burnt offerings, [so] that 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.

And 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.

And afterward, they [prepared] [food] for: themselves, & the priests, because the priests, [Aaron's] sons, [a.k.a. 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. And the singers, [Asaph's] sons, were in their place, according to [David's command.]

And Asaph, Heman, & Jeduthun, the king's Seer, & the [gate keepers] waited at every gate. The Levites, their brethren, prepared [food] for them, [so] they [didn't leave] their [responsibility.]

[1 Samuel. 9:9. (Before that time] in Israel, when a man went to [inquire from] God, he [said this,] Come, & let’s go to the Seer. For he, [who] is now called a Prophet was [before that time] called a Seer.)]

According to king [Josiah's command,] all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, & to offer the burnt offerings upon the altar of the Lord. And the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel [who were there] at that time, kept the Passover, & the Feast of Unleavened Bread [for] 7 days.

And from the days of Samuel, the prophet, there [wasn't any] Passover [similar to this] kept in Israel. Neither did [any of] the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept. And the priests, Levites, & all [of:] Judah, Israel, & [Jerusalem's] inhabitants were present.

This Passover was kept in the 18th year Josiah [ruled.] After all this, when Josiah had prepared the [Lord's] temple, Necho, [Egypt's] king, came up to fight against Charchemish, [near the] Euphrates [River.]

And Josiah went out against him, but [Necho] sent ambassadors to [Josiah,] saying, King of Judah, what [quarrel] do I have with you? I [didn't] come against you this day, but against the house [that] I have war [with:] for God commanded me [to hurry.]

[Stop] your meddling with God, Who is with me, [so] that He [doesn't] destroy you. [Still] Josiah wouldn't turn [away] from him, but disguised himself, [so] that he might fight with [Necho,] & [didn't pay attention] to the Words of Necho, from the mouth of God.

And [Josiah] came to fight in the Valley of Megiddo. And the archers shot at king Josiah, & king [Josiah] said to his servants, Have me [taken] away; for I am [severely] wounded. Therefore, his servants took [Josiah] out of that chariot, & put him in the 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 [of:] Judah & Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. And Jeremiah [grieved] for Josiah, & the [male & female singers speak] of Josiah, in their [lamenting, until] this day.

And [they] made [themselves a rule] in Israel, & [see,] they are written in the Lamentations. Now, the rest of [Josiah's actions,] & his goodness, [are] according to [what] was written in the Law of the Lord, & [Josiah's] deeds, 1st & last, [look,] they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel & Judah.