Dual Panel1Then Josiah<2977> celebrated<6213> the Passover<6453> to the LORD<3068> in Jerusalem<3389>, and they slaughtered<7819> the Passover<6453> animals on the fourteenth<702><6240> day of the first<7223> month<2320>.
2He set<5975> the priests<3548> in their offices<4931> and encouraged<2388> them in the service<5656> of the house<1004> of the LORD<3068>.
3He also said<559> to the Levites<3881> who taught<995> all<3605> Israel<3478> and who were holy<6918> to the LORD<3068>, "Put<5414> the holy<6944> ark<727> in the house<1004> which<834> Solomon<8010> the son<1121> of David<1732> king<4428> of Israel<3478> built<1129>; it will be a burden<4853> on your shoulders<3802> no<369> longer. Now<6258> serve<5647> the LORD<3068> your God<430> and His people<5971> Israel<3478>.
4"Prepare<3559> yourselves by your fathers'<1> households<1004> in your divisions<4256>, according to the writing<3791> of David<1732> king<4428> of Israel<3478> and according to the writing<4385> of his son<1121> Solomon<8010>.
5"Moreover, stand<5975> in the holy<6944> place according to the sections<6391> of the fathers'<1> households<1004> of your brethren<251> the lay<1121> people<5971>, and according to the Levites<3881>, by division<2515> of a father's<1> household<1004>.
6"Now slaughter<7819> the Passover<6453> animals, sanctify<6942> yourselves and prepare<3559> for your brethren<251> to do<6213> according to the word<1697> of the LORD<3068> by Moses<4872>."
7Josiah<2977> contributed<7311> to the lay<1121> people<5971>, to all<3605> who were present<4672>, flocks<6629> of lambs<3532> and young<1121><5795> goats<1121><5795>, all<3605> for the Passover<6453> offerings<6453>, numbering<4557> 30,000 <7970><505> plus 3,000 <7969><505> bulls<1241>; these<428> were from the king's<4428> possessions<7399>.
8His officers<8269> also contributed<7311> a freewill<5071> offering<5071> to the people<5971>, the priests<3548> and the Levites<3881>. Hilkiah<2518> and Zechariah<2148> and Jehiel<3171>, the officials<5057> of the house<1004> of God<430>, gave<5414> to the priests<3548> for the Passover<6453> offerings<6453> 2,600 <505><8337><3967> from the flocks and 300 <7969><3967> bulls<1241>.
9Conaniah<3562> also, and Shemaiah<8098> and Nethanel<5417>, his brothers<251>, and Hashabiah<2811> and Jeiel<3262> and Jozabad<3107>, the officers<8269> of the Levites<3881>, contributed<7311> to the Levites<3881> for the Passover<6453> offerings<6453> 5,000 <2568><505> from the flocks and 500 <2568><3967> bulls<1241>.
10So the service<5656> was prepared<3559>, and the priests<3548> stood<5975> at their stations<5977> and the Levites<3881> by their divisions<4256> according to the king's<4428> command<4687>.
11They slaughtered<7819> the Passover<6453> animals, and while the priests<3548> sprinkled<2236> the blood<1818> received from their hand<3027>, the Levites<3881> skinned<6584> them.
12Then they removed<5493> the burnt<5930> offerings<5930> that they might give<5414> them to the sections<4653> of the fathers'<1> households<1004> of the lay<1121> people<5971> to present<7126> to the LORD<3068>, as it is written<3789> in the book<5612> of Moses<4872>. They did this<3651> also with the bulls<1241>.
13So they roasted<1310> the Passover<6453> animals on the fire<784> according to the ordinance<4941>, and they boiled<1310> the holy<6944> things<6944> in pots<5518>, in kettles<1731>, in pans<6745>, and carried<7323> them speedily<7323> to all<3605> the lay<1121> people<5971>.
14Afterwards<310> they prepared<3559> for themselves and for the priests<3548>, because<3588> the priests<3548>, the sons<1121> of Aaron<175>, were offering<5927> the burnt<5930> offerings<5930> and the fat<2459> until<5704> night<3915>; therefore the Levites<3881> prepared<3559> for themselves and for the priests<3548>, the sons<1121> of Aaron<175>.
15The singers<7891>, the sons<1121> of Asaph<623>, were also at their stations<4612> according to the command<4687> of David<1732>, Asaph<623>, Heman<1968>, and Jeduthun<3038> the king's<4428> seer<2374>; and the gatekeepers<7778> at each<8179> gate<8179> did not have<369> to depart<5493> from their service<5656>, because<3588> the Levites<3881> their brethren<251> prepared<3559> for them.
16So all<3605> the service<5656> of the LORD<3068> was prepared<3559> on that day<3117> to celebrate<6213> the Passover<6453>, and to offer<5927> burnt<5930> offerings<5930> on the altar<4196> of the LORD<3068> according to the command<4687> of King<4428> Josiah<2977>.
17Thus the sons<1121> of Israel<3478> who were present<4672> celebrated<6213> the Passover<6453> at that time<6256>, and the Feast<2282> of Unleavened<4682> Bread<4682> seven<7651> days<3117>.
18There had not been celebrated<6213> a Passover<6453> like<3644> it in Israel<3478> since<4480> the days<3117> of Samuel<8050> the prophet<5030>; nor<3808> had any<3605> of the kings<4428> of Israel<3478> celebrated<6213> such a Passover<6453> as Josiah<2977> did<6213> with the priests<3548>, the Levites<3881>, all<3605> Judah<3063> and Israel<3478> who were present<4672>, and the inhabitants<3427> of Jerusalem<3389>.
19In the eighteenth<8083><6240> year<8141> of Josiah's<2977> reign<4438> this<2088> Passover<6453> was celebrated<6213>.
20After<310> all<3605> this<2088>, when<834> Josiah<2977> had set<3559> the temple<1004> in order<3559>, Neco<5224> king<4428> of Egypt<4714> came<5927> up to make<3898> war<3898> at Carchemish<3751> on the Euphrates<6578>, and Josiah<2977> went<3318> out to engage<7122> him.
21But Neco sent<7971> messengers<4397> to him, saying<559>, "What<4100> have we to do with each other, O King<4428> of Judah<3063>? I am not coming against<5921> you today<3117> but against<413> the house<1004> with which I am at war<4421>, and God<430> has ordered<559> me to hurry<926>. Stop<2308> for your own sake from interfering with God<430> who<834> is with me, so<408> that He will not destroy<7843> you."
22However, Josiah<2977> would not turn<5437> away<5437> from him, but disguised<2664> himself in order to make<3898> war<3898> with him; nor<3808> did he listen<8085> to the words<1697> of Neco<5224> from the mouth<6310> of God<430>, but came<935> to make<3898> war<3898> on the plain<1237> of Megiddo<4023>.
23The archers<3384> shot<3384> King<4428> Josiah<2977>, and the king<4428> said<559> to his servants<5650>, "Take<5674> me away<5674>, for I am badly<3966> wounded<2470>."
24So his servants<5650> took<5674> him out of the chariot<4818> and carried<7392> him in the second<4932> chariot<7393> which<834> he had, and brought<1980> him to Jerusalem<3389> where he died<4191> and was buried<6912> in the tombs<6913> of his fathers<1>. All<3605> Judah<3063> and Jerusalem<3389> mourned<56> for Josiah<2977>.
25Then Jeremiah<3414> chanted<6969> a lament<6969> for Josiah<2977>. And all<3605> the male and female singers<7891> speak<559> about<5921> Josiah<2977> in their lamentations<7015> to this day<3117>. And they made<5414> them an ordinance<2706> in Israel<3478>; behold<2009>, they are also written<3789> in the Lamentations<7015>.
26Now the rest<3499> of the acts<1697> of Josiah<2977> and his deeds<2617> of devotion<2617> as written<3789> in the law<8451> of the LORD<3068>,
27and his acts<1697>, first<7223> to last<314>, behold<2009>, they are written<3789> in the Book<5612> of the Kings<4428> of Israel<3478> and Judah<3063>.