1 Moreover Josiah 2977 kept 6213 a passover 6453 unto the LORD 3068 in Jerusalem 3389: and they killed 7819 the passover 6453 on the fourteenth 702 6240 day of the first 7223 month 2320.
2 And he set 5975 the priests 3548 in their charges 4931, and encouraged 2388 them to the service 5656 of the house 1004 of the LORD 3068,
3 And said 559 unto the Levites 3881 that taught 995 4000 all Israel 3478, which were holy 6918 unto the LORD 3068, Put 5414 the holy 6944 ark 727 in the house 1004 which Solomon 8010 the son 1121 of David 1732 king 4428 of Israel 3478 did build 1129; it shall not be a burden 4853 upon your shoulders 3802: serve 5647 now the LORD 3068 your God 430, and his people 5971 Israel 3478,
4 And prepare 3559 3559 yourselves by the houses 1004 of your fathers 1, after your courses 4256, according to the writing 3791 of David 1732 king 4428 of Israel 3478, and according to the writing 4385 of Solomon 8010 his son 1121.
5 And stand in 5975 the holy 6944 place according to the divisions 6391 of the families 1004 of the fathers 1 of your brethren 251 the people 1121 5971, and after the division 2515 of the families 1 1004 of the Levites 3881.
6 So kill 7819 the passover 6453, and sanctify 6942 yourselves, and prepare 3559 your brethren 251, that they may do 6213 according to the word 1697 of the LORD 3068 by the hand 3027 of Moses 4872.
7 And Josiah 2977 gave 7311 to the people 1121 5971, of the flock 6629, lambs 3532 and kids 1121 5795, all for the passover offerings 6453, for all that were present 4672, to the number 4557 of thirty 7970 thousand 505, and three 7969 thousand 505 bullocks 1241: these were of the king's 4428 substance 7399.
8 And his princes 8269 gave 7311 willingly 5071 unto the people 5971, to the priests 3548, and to the Levites 3881: Hilkiah 2518 and Zechariah 2148 and Jehiel 3171, rulers 5057 of the house 1004 of God 430, gave 5414 unto the priests 3548 for the passover offerings 6453 two thousand 505 and six 8337 hundred 3967 small cattle, and three 7969 hundred 3967 oxen 1241.
9 Conaniah 3562 also, and Shemaiah 8098 and Nethaneel 5417, his brethren 251, and Hashabiah 2811 and Jeiel 3273 and Jozabad 3107, chief 8269 of the Levites 3881, gave 7311 unto the Levites 3881 for passover offerings 6453 five 2568 thousand 505 small cattle, and five 2568 hundred 3967 oxen 1241.
10 So the service 5656 was prepared 3559, and the priests 3548 stood 5975 in their place 5977, and the Levites 3881 in their courses 4256, according to the king's 4428 commandment 4687.
11 And they killed 7819 the passover 6453, and the priests 3548 sprinkled 2236 the blood from their hands 3027, and the Levites 3881 flayed 6584 them.
12 And they removed 5493 the burnt offerings 5930, that they might give 5414 according to the divisions 4653 of the families 1 1004 of the people 1121 5971, to offer 7126 unto the LORD 3068, as it is written 3789 in the book 5612 of Moses 4872. And so did they with the oxen 1241.
13 And they roasted 1310 the passover 6453 with fire 784 according to the ordinance 4941: but the other holy 6944 offerings sod 1310 they in pots 5518, and in caldrons 1731, and in pans 6745, and divided them speedily 7323 among all the people 1121 5971.
14 And afterward 310 they made ready 3559 for themselves, and for the priests 3548: because the priests 3548 the sons 1121 of Aaron 175 were busied in offering 5927 of burnt offerings 5930 and the fat 2459 until night 3915; therefore the Levites 3881 prepared 3559 for themselves, and for the priests 3548 the sons 1121 of Aaron 175.
15 And the singers 7891 the sons 1121 of Asaph 623 were in their place 4612, according to the commandment 4687 of David 1732, and Asaph 623, and Heman 1968, and Jeduthun 3038 the king's 4428 seer 2374; and the porters 7778 waited at every gate 8179; they might not depart 5493 from their service 5656; for their brethren 251 the Levites 3881 prepared 3559 for them.
16 So all the service 5656 of the LORD 3068 was prepared 3559 the same day 3117, to keep 6213 the passover 6453, and to offer 5927 burnt offerings 5930 upon the altar 4196 of the LORD 3068, according to the commandment 4687 of king 4428 Josiah 2977.
17 And the children 1121 of Israel 3478 that were present 4672 kept 6213 the passover 6453 at that time 6256, and the feast 2282 of unleavened bread 4682 seven 7651 days 3117.
18 And there was no passover 6453 like 3644 to that kept 6213 in Israel 3478 from the days 3117 of Samuel 8050 the prophet 5030; neither did 6213 all the kings 4428 of Israel 3478 keep 6213 such a passover 6453 as Josiah 2977 kept 6213, and the priests 3548, and the Levites 3881, and all Judah 3063 and Israel 3478 that were present 4672, and the inhabitants 3427 of Jerusalem 3389.
19 In the eighteenth 8083 6240 year 8141 of the reign 4438 of Josiah 2977 was this passover 6453 kept 6213.
20 After 310 all this, when Josiah 2977 had prepared 3559 the temple 1004, Necho 5224 king 4428 of Egypt 4714 came up 5927 to fight 3898 against Carchemish 3751 by Euphrates 6578: and Josiah 2977 went out 3318 against 7125 him.
21 But he sent 7971 ambassadors 4397 to him, saying 559, What have I to do with thee, thou king 4428 of Judah 3063? I come not against thee this day 3117, but against the house 1004 wherewith I have war 4421: for God 430 commanded 559 me to make haste 926: forbear 2308 thee from meddling with God 430, who is with me, that he destroy 7843 thee not.
22 Nevertheless Josiah 2977 would not turn 5437 his face 6440 from him, but disguised 2664 himself, that he might fight 3898 with him, and hearkened 8085 not unto the words 1697 of Necho 5224 from the mouth 6310 of God 430, and came 935 to fight 3898 in the valley 1237 of Megiddo 4023.
23 And the archers 3384 shot 3384 at king 4428 Josiah 2977; and the king 4428 said 559 to his servants 5650, Have me away 5674; for I am sore 3966 wounded 2470.
24 His servants 5650 therefore took 5674 him out of that chariot 4818, and put 7392 him in the second 4932 chariot 7393 that he had; and they brought 3212 him to Jerusalem 3389, and he died 4191, and was buried 6912 in one of the sepulchres 6913 of his fathers 1. And all Judah 3063 and Jerusalem 3389 mourned 56 for Josiah 2977.
25 And Jeremiah 3414 lamented 6969 for Josiah 2977: and all the singing men 7891 and the singing women 7891 spake 559 of Josiah 2977 in their lamentations 7015 to this day 3117, and made 5414 them an ordinance 2706 in Israel 3478: and, behold, they are written 3789 in the lamentations 7015.
26 Now the rest 3499 of the acts 1697 of Josiah 2977, and his goodness 2617, according to that which was written 3789 in the law 8451 of the LORD 3068,
27 And his deeds 1697, first 7223 and last 314, behold, they are written 3789 in the book 5612 of the kings 4428 of Israel 3478 and Judah 3063.