35:1 Josiah
kept
a
Passover
to
the
LORD
in
Jerusalem.
And
they
slaughtered
the
Passover
lamb
on
the
fourteenth
day
of
the
first
month.
35:2 He
appointed
the
priests
to
their
offices
and
encouraged
them
in
the
service
of
the
house
of
the
LORD.
35:3 And
he
said
to
the
Levites
who
taught
all
Israel
and
who
were
holy
to
the
LORD,
"Put
the
holy
ark
in
the
house
that
Solomon
the
son
of
David,
king
of
Israel,
built.
You
need
not
carry
it
on
your
shoulders.
Now
serve
the
LORD
your
God
and
his
people
Israel.
35:4 Prepare
yourselves
according
to
your
fathers'
houses
by
your
divisions,
as
prescribed
in
the
writing
of
David
king
of
Israel
and
the
document
of
Solomon
his
son.
35:5 And
stand
in
the
Holy
Place
according
to
the
groupings
of
the
fathers'
houses
of
your
brothers
the
lay
people,
and
according
to
the
division
of
the
Levites
by
fathers'
household.
35:6 And
slaughter
the
Passover
lamb,
and
consecrate
yourselves,
and
prepare
for
your
brothers,
to
do
according
to
the
word
of
the
LORD
by
Moses."
35:7 Then
Josiah
contributed
to
the
lay
people,
as
Passover
offerings
for
all
who
were
present,
lambs
and
young
goats
from
the
flock
to
the
number
of
30,000,
and
3,000
bulls;
these
were
from
the
king's
possessions.
35:8 And
his
officials
contributed
willingly
to
the
people,
to
the
priests,
and
to
the
Levites.
Hilkiah,
Zechariah,
and
Jehiel,
the
chief
officers
of
the
house
of
God,
gave
to
the
priests
for
the
Passover
offerings
2,600
Passover
lambs
and
300
bulls.
35:9 Conaniah
also,
and
Shemaiah
and
Nethanel
his
brothers,
and
Hashabiah
and
Jeiel
and
Jozabad,
the
chiefs
of
the
Levites,
gave
to
the
Levites
for
the
Passover
offerings
5,000
lambs
and
young
goats
and
500
bulls.
35:10 When
the
service
had
been
prepared
for,
the
priests
stood
in
their
place,
and
the
Levites
in
their
divisions
according
to
the
king's
command.
35:11 And
they
slaughtered
the
Passover
lamb,
and
the
priests
threw
the
blood
that
they
received
from
them
while
the
Levites
flayed
the
sacrifices.
35:12 And
they
set
aside
the
burnt
offerings
that
they
might
distribute
them
according
to
the
groupings
of
the
fathers'
houses
of
the
lay
people,
to
offer
to
the
LORD,
as
it
is
written
in
the
Book
of
Moses.
And
so
they
did
with
the
bulls.
35:13 And
they
roasted
the
Passover
lamb
with
fire
according
to
the
rule;
and
they
boiled
the
holy
offerings
in
pots,
in
cauldrons,
and
in
pans,
and
carried
them
quickly
to
all
the
lay
people.
35:14 And
afterward
they
prepared
for
themselves
and
for
the
priests,
because
the
priests,
the
sons
of
Aaron,
were
offering
the
burnt
offerings
and
the
fat
parts
until
night;
so
the
Levites
prepared
for
themselves
and
for
the
priests,
the
sons
of
Aaron.
35:15 The
singers,
the
sons
of
Asaph,
were
in
their
place
according
to
the
command
of
David,
and
Asaph,
and
Heman,
and
Jeduthun
the
king's
seer;
and
the
gatekeepers
were
at
each
gate.
They
did
not
need
to
depart
from
their
service,
for
their
brothers
the
Levites
prepared
for
them.
35:16 So
all
the
service
of
the
LORD
was
prepared
that
day,
to
keep
the
Passover
and
to
offer
burnt
offerings
on
the
altar
of
the
LORD,
according
to
the
command
of
King
Josiah.
35:17 And
the
people
of
Israel
who
were
present
kept
the
Passover
at
that
time,
and
the
Feast
of
Unleavened
Bread
seven
days.
35:18 No
Passover
like
it
had
been
kept
in
Israel
since
the
days
of
Samuel
the
prophet.
None
of
the
kings
of
Israel
had
kept
such
a
Passover
as
was
kept
by
Josiah,
and
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
and
all
Judah
and
Israel
who
were
present,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem.
35:19 In
the
eighteenth
year
of
the
reign
of
Josiah
this
Passover
was
kept.
35:20 After
all
this,
when
Josiah
had
prepared
the
temple,
Neco
king
of
Egypt
went
up
to
fight
at
Carchemish
on
the
Euphrates,
and
Josiah
went
out
to
meet
him.
35:21 But
he
sent
envoys
to
him,
saying,
"What
have
we
to
do
with
each
other,
king
of
Judah
I
am
not
coming
against
you
this
day,
but
against
the
house
with
which
I
am
at
war.
And
God
has
commanded
me
to
hurry.
Cease
opposing
God,
who
is
with
me,
lest
he
destroy
you."
35:22 Nevertheless,
Josiah
did
not
turn
away
from
him,
but
disguised
himself
in
order
to
fight
with
him.
He
did
not
listen
to
the
words
of
Neco
from
the
mouth
of
God,
but
came
to
fight
in
the
plain
of
Megiddo.
35:23 And
the
archers
shot
King
Josiah.
And
the
king
said
to
his
servants,
"Take
me
away,
for
I
am
badly
wounded."
35:24 So
his
servants
took
him
out
of
the
chariot
and
carried
him
in
his
second
chariot
and
brought
him
to
Jerusalem.
And
he
died
and
was
buried
in
the
tombs
of
his
fathers.
All
Judah
and
Jerusalem
mourned
for
Josiah.
35:25 Jeremiah
also
uttered
a
lament
for
Josiah;
and
all
the
singing
men
and
singing
women
have
spoken
of
Josiah
in
their
laments
to
this
day.
They
made
these
a
rule
in
Israel;
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
Laments.
35:26 Now
the
rest
of
the
acts
of
Josiah,
and
his
good
deeds
according
to
what
is
written
in
the
Law
of
the
LORD,
35:27 and
his
acts,
first
and
last,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the
Book
of
the
Kings
of
Israel
and
Judah.