Moreover Josiah{H2977} kept{H6213}{(H8799)} a passover{H6453} unto the LORD{H3068} in Jerusalem{H3389}: and they killed{H7819}{(H8799)} the passover{H6453} on the fourteenth{H702}{H6240} day of the first{H7223} month{H2320}.

And he set{H5975}{(H8686)} the priests{H3548} in their charges{H4931}, and encouraged{H2388}{(H8762)} them to the service{H5656} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068},

And said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the Levites{H3881} that taught{H995}{(H8688)}{(H8675)}{H4000} all Israel{H3478}, which were holy{H6918} unto the LORD{H3068}, Put{H5414}{(H8798)} 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}{(H8804)}; it shall not be a burden{H4853} upon your shoulders{H3802}: serve{H5647}{(H8798)} now the LORD{H3068} your God{H430}, and his people{H5971} Israel{H3478},

And prepare{H3559}{(H8685)}{(H8675)}{H3559}{(H8734)} yourselves by the houses{H1004} of your fathers{H1}, after 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}{(H8798)} the holy{H6944} place according to the divisions{H6391} of the families{H1004} of the fathers{H1} of your brethren{H251} the people{H1121}{H5971}, and after the division{H2515} of the families{H1}{H1004} of the Levites{H3881}.

So kill{H7819}{(H8798)} the passover{H6453}, and sanctify{H6942}{(H8690)} yourselves, and prepare{H3559}{(H8685)} your brethren{H251}, that they may do{H6213}{(H8800)} according to the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} by the hand{H3027} of Moses{H4872}.

And Josiah{H2977} gave{H7311}{(H8686)} to the people{H1121}{H5971}, of the flock{H6629}, lambs{H3532} and kids{H1121}{H5795}, all for the passover offerings{H6453}, for all that were present{H4672}{(H8737)}, 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}{(H8689)} willingly{H5071} unto the people{H5971}, to the priests{H3548}, and to the Levites{H3881}: Hilkiah{H2518} and Zechariah{H2148} and Jehiel{H3171}, rulers{H5057} of the house{H1004} of God{H430}, gave{H5414}{(H8804)} 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 Nethaneel{H5417}, his brethren{H251}, and Hashabiah{H2811} and Jeiel{H3273} and Jozabad{H3107}, chief{H8269} of the Levites{H3881}, gave{H7311}{(H8689)} unto the Levites{H3881} for passover offerings{H6453} five{H2568} thousand{H505} small cattle, and five{H2568} hundred{H3967} oxen{H1241}.

So the service{H5656} was prepared{H3559}{(H8735)}, and the priests{H3548} stood{H5975}{(H8799)} in their place{H5977}, and the Levites{H3881} in their courses{H4256}, according to the king's{H4428} commandment{H4687}.

And they killed{H7819}{(H8799)} the passover{H6453}, and the priests{H3548} sprinkled{H2236}{(H8799)} the blood from their hands{H3027}, and the Levites{H3881} flayed{H6584}{(H8688)} them.

And they removed{H5493}{(H8686)} the burnt offerings{H5930}, that they might give{H5414}{(H8800)} according to the divisions{H4653} of the families{H1}{H1004} of the people{H1121}{H5971}, to offer{H7126}{(H8687)} unto the LORD{H3068}, as it is written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the book{H5612} of Moses{H4872}. And so did they with the oxen{H1241}.

And they roasted{H1310}{(H8762)} the passover{H6453} with fire{H784} according to the ordinance{H4941}: but the other holy{H6944} offerings sod{H1310}{(H8765)} they in pots{H5518}, and in caldrons{H1731}, and in pans{H6745}, and divided them speedily{H7323}{(H8686)} among all the people{H1121}{H5971}.

And afterward{H310} they made ready{H3559}{(H8689)} for themselves, and for the priests{H3548}: because the priests{H3548} the sons{H1121} of Aaron{H175} were busied in offering{H5927}{(H8687)} of burnt offerings{H5930} and the fat{H2459} until night{H3915}; therefore the Levites{H3881} prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} for themselves, and for the priests{H3548} the sons{H1121} of Aaron{H175}.

And the singers{H7891}{(H8789)} 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} waited at every gate{H8179}; they might not depart{H5493}{(H8800)} from their service{H5656}; for their brethren{H251} the Levites{H3881} prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} for them.

So all the service{H5656} of the LORD{H3068} was prepared{H3559}{(H8735)} the same day{H3117}, to keep{H6213}{(H8800)} the passover{H6453}, and to offer{H5927}{(H8687)} burnt offerings{H5930} upon the altar{H4196} of the LORD{H3068}, according to the commandment{H4687} of king{H4428} Josiah{H2977}.

And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} that were present{H4672}{(H8737)} kept{H6213}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8738)} in Israel{H3478} from the days{H3117} of Samuel{H8050} the prophet{H5030}; neither did{H6213}{(H8804)} all the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478} keep{H6213}{(H8804)} such a passover{H6453} as Josiah{H2977} kept{H6213}{(H8804)}, and the priests{H3548}, and the Levites{H3881}, and all Judah{H3063} and Israel{H3478} that were present{H4672}{(H8737)}, and the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of Jerusalem{H3389}.

In the eighteenth{H8083}{H6240} year{H8141} of the reign{H4438} of Josiah{H2977} was this passover{H6453} kept{H6213}{(H8738)}.

After{H310} all this, when Josiah{H2977} had prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} the temple{H1004}, Necho{H5224} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} came up{H5927}{(H8804)} to fight{H3898}{(H8736)} against Carchemish{H3751} by Euphrates{H6578}: and Josiah{H2977} went out{H3318}{(H8799)} against{H7125}{(H8800)} him.

But he sent{H7971}{(H8799)} ambassadors{H4397} to him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, 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}: for God{H430} commanded{H559}{(H8804)} me to make haste{H926}{(H8763)}: forbear{H2308}{(H8798)} thee from meddling with God{H430}, who is with me, that he destroy{H7843}{(H8686)} thee not.

Nevertheless Josiah{H2977} would not turn{H5437}{(H8689)} his face{H6440} from him, but disguised{H2664}{(H8694)} himself, that he might fight{H3898}{(H8736)} with him, and hearkened{H8085}{(H8804)} not unto the words{H1697} of Necho{H5224} from the mouth{H6310} of God{H430}, and came{H935}{(H8799)} to fight{H3898}{(H8736)} in the valley{H1237} of Megiddo{H4023}.

And the archers{H3384}{(H8802)} shot{H3384}{(H8686)} at king{H4428} Josiah{H2977}; and the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} to his servants{H5650}, Have me away{H5674}{(H8685)}; for I am sore{H3966} wounded{H2470}{(H8717)}.

His servants{H5650} therefore took{H5674}{(H8686)} him out of that chariot{H4818}, and put{H7392}{(H8686)} him in the second{H4932} chariot{H7393} that he had; and they brought{H3212}{(H8686)} him to Jerusalem{H3389}, and he died{H4191}{(H8799)}, and was buried{H6912}{(H8735)} in one of the sepulchres{H6913} of his fathers{H1}. And all Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389} mourned{H56}{(H8693)} for Josiah{H2977}.

And Jeremiah{H3414} lamented{H6969}{(H8787)} for Josiah{H2977}: and all the singing men{H7891}{(H8802)} and the singing women{H7891}{(H8802)} spake{H559}{(H8799)} of Josiah{H2977} in their lamentations{H7015} to this day{H3117}, and made{H5414}{(H8799)} them an ordinance{H2706} in Israel{H3478}: and, behold, they are written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the lamentations{H7015}.

Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Josiah{H2977}, and his goodness{H2617}, according to that which was written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the law{H8451} of the LORD{H3068},

And his deeds{H1697}, first{H7223} and last{H314}, behold, they are written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the book{H5612} of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478} and Judah{H3063}.