And Josiah{H2977} kept{H6213} a passover{H6453} unto Jehovah{H3068} in Jerusalem:{H3389} and they killed{H7819} the passover{H6453} on the fourteenth{H702} [day] of the first{H7223} month.{H2320}

And he set{H5975} the priests{H3548} in their offices,{H4931} and encouraged{H2388} them to the service{H5656} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And he said{H559} unto the Levites{H3881} that taught{H995} all Israel,{H3478} that were holy{H6918} unto Jehovah,{H3068} Put{H5414} the holy{H6944} ark{H727} in the house{H1004} which Solomon{H8010} the son{H1121} of David{H1732} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} did build;{H1129} there shall no more be a burden{H4853} upon your shoulders:{H3802} now serve{H5647} Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} and his people{H5971} Israel.{H3478}

And prepare{H3559} yourselves after your fathers'{H1} houses{H1004} by your courses,{H4256} according to the writing{H3791} of David{H1732} king{H4428} of Israel,{H3478} and according to the writing{H4385} of Solomon{H8010} his son.{H1121}

And stand in{H5975} the holy{H6944} place according to the divisions{H6391} of the fathers'{H1} houses{H1004} of your brethren{H251} the children of the people,{H1121} and [let there be for each] a portion{H2515} of a fathers'{H1} house of the Levites.{H3881}

And kill{H7819} the passover,{H6453} and sanctify{H6942} yourselves, and prepare{H3559} for your brethren,{H251} to do{H6213} according to the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} by{H3027} Moses.{H4872}

And Josiah{H2977} gave{H7311} to the children of the people,{H1121} of the flock,{H6629} lambs{H3532} and kids,{H1121} all of them for the passover-offerings,{H6453} unto all that were present,{H4672} to the number{H4557} of thirty{H7970} thousand,{H505} and three{H7969} thousand{H505} bullocks:{H1241} these were of the king's{H4428} substance.{H7399}

And his princes{H8269} gave{H7311} for a freewill-offering{H5071} unto the people,{H5971} to the priests,{H3548} and to the Levites.{H3881} Hilkiah{H2518} and Zechariah{H2148} and Jehiel,{H3171} the rulers{H5057} of the house{H1004} of God,{H430} gave{H5414} unto the priests{H3548} for the passover-offerings{H6453} two thousand{H505} and six{H8337} hundred{H3967} [small cattle], and three{H7969} hundred{H3967} oxen.{H1241}

Conaniah{H3562} also, and Shemaiah{H8098} and Nethanel,{H5417} his brethren,{H251} and Hashabiah{H2811} and Jeiel{H3273} and Jozabad,{H3107} the chiefs{H8269} of the Levites,{H3881} gave{H7311} unto the Levites{H3881} for the passover-offerings five{H2568} thousand{H505} [small cattle],{H1241} and five{H2568} hundred{H3967} oxen.{H1241}

So the service{H5656} was prepared,{H3559} and the priests{H3548} stood{H5975} in their place,{H5977} and the Levites{H3881} by their courses,{H4256} according to the king's{H4428} commandment.{H4687}

And they killed{H7819} the passover,{H6453} and the priests{H3548} sprinkled{H2236} [the blood which they received] of their hand,{H3027} and the Levites{H3881} flayed{H6584} them.

And they removed{H5493} the burnt-offerings,{H5930} that they might give{H5414} them according to the divisions{H4653} of the fathers'{H1} houses of the children of the people,{H1121} to offer{H7126} unto Jehovah,{H3068} as it is written{H3789} in the book{H5612} of Moses.{H4872} And so did they with the oxen.{H1241}

And they roasted{H1310} the passover{H6453} with fire{H784} according to the ordinance:{H4941} and the holy{H6944} offerings boiled{H1310} they in pots,{H5518} and in caldrons,{H1731} and in pans,{H6745} and carried them quickly{H7323} to all the children of the people.{H1121}

And afterward{H310} they prepared{H3559} for themselves, and for the priests,{H3548} because the priests{H3548} the sons{H1121} of Aaron{H175} [were busied] in offering{H5927} the burnt-offerings{H5930} and the fat{H2459} until night:{H3915} therefore the Levites{H3881} prepared{H3559} for themselves, and for the priests{H3548} the sons{H1121} of Aaron.{H175}

And the singers{H7891} the sons{H1121} of Asaph{H623} were in their place,{H4612} according to the commandment{H4687} of David,{H1732} and Asaph,{H623} and Heman,{H1968} and Jeduthun{H3038} the king's{H4428} seer;{H2374} and the porters{H7778} were at every gate:{H8179} they needed not to depart{H5493} from their service;{H5656} for their brethren{H251} the Levites{H3881} prepared{H3559} for them.

So all the service{H5656} of Jehovah{H3068} was prepared{H3559} the same day,{H3117} to keep{H6213} the passover,{H6453} and to offer{H5927} burnt-offerings{H5930} upon the altar{H4196} of Jehovah,{H3068} according to the commandment{H4687} of king{H4428} Josiah.{H2977}

And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} that were present{H4672} kept{H6213} the passover{H6453} at that time,{H6256} and the feast{H2282} of unleavened bread{H4682} seven{H7651} days.{H3117}

And there was no passover{H6453} like{H3644} to that kept{H6213} in Israel{H3478} from the days{H3117} of Samuel{H8050} the prophet;{H5030} neither did{H6213} any of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478} keep{H6213} such a passover{H6453} as Josiah{H2977} kept,{H6213} and the priests,{H3548} and the Levites,{H3881} and all Judah{H3063} and Israel{H3478} that were present,{H4672} and the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem.{H3389}

In the eighteenth{H8083} year{H8141} of the reign{H4438} of Josiah{H2977} was this passover{H6453} kept.{H6213}

After{H310} all this, when Josiah{H2977} had prepared{H3559} the temple,{H1004} Neco{H5224} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} went up{H5927} to fight{H3898} against Carchemish{H3751} by the Euphrates:{H6578} and Josiah{H2977} went out{H3318} against{H7125} him.

But he sent{H7971} ambassadors{H4397} to him, saying,{H559} What have I to do with thee, thou king{H4428} of Judah?{H3063} [I come] not against thee this day,{H3117} but against the house{H1004} wherewith I have war;{H4421} and God{H430} hath commanded{H559} me to make haste:{H926} forbear{H2308} thee from [meddling with] God,{H430} who is with me, that he destroy{H7843} thee not.

Nevertheless Josiah{H2977} would not turn{H5437} his face{H6440} from him, but disguised{H2664} himself, that he might fight{H3898} with him, and hearkened{H8085} not unto the words{H1697} of Neco{H5224} from the mouth{H6310} of God,{H430} and came{H935} to fight{H3898} in the valley{H1237} of Megiddo.{H4023}

And the archers{H3384} shot{H3384} at king{H4428} Josiah;{H2977} and the king{H4428} said{H559} to his servants,{H5650} Have me away;{H5674} for I am sore{H3966} wounded.{H2470}

So his servants{H5650} took{H5674} him out of the chariot,{H4818} and put{H7392} him in the second{H4932} chariot{H7393} that he had, and brought{H3212} him to Jerusalem;{H3389} and he died,{H4191} and was buried{H6912} in the sepulchres{H6913} of his fathers.{H1} And all Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389} mourned{H56} for Josiah.{H2977}

And Jeremiah{H3414} lamented{H6969} for Josiah:{H2977} and all the singing men{H7891} and singing women{H7891} spake{H559} of Josiah{H2977} in their lamentations{H7015} unto this day;{H3117} and they made{H5414} them an ordinance{H2706} in Israel:{H3478} and, behold, they are written{H3789} in the lamentations.{H7015}

Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Josiah,{H2977} and his good{H2617} deeds, according to that which is written{H3789} in the law{H8451} of Jehovah,{H3068}

and his acts,{H1697} first{H7223} and last,{H314} behold, they are written{H3789} in the book{H5612} of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478} and Judah.{H3063}