<vn='1'>Moreover <sn="2977">Josiah</s><sn="6213">kept</s> a <sn="6453">passover</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>: and they <sn="7819">killed</s> the <sn="6453">passover</s> on the <sn="702 6240">fourteenth</s> day of the <sn="7223">first</s><sn="2320">month</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And he <sn="5975">set</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s><sn="5921">in</s> their <sn="4931">charges</s>, and <sn="2388">encouraged</s> them to the <sn="5656">service</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="559">said</s> unto the <sn="3881">Levites</s> that <sn="4000">taught</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, which were <sn="6918">holy</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="5414">Put</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6944">holy</s><sn="727">ark</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="8010">Solomon</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="1732">David</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> did <sn="1129">build</s>; it shall <sn="369">not</s> be a <sn="4853">burden</s> upon your <sn="3802">shoulders</s>: <sn="5647">serve</s><sn="6258">now</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> your <sn="430">God</s>, and his <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="3559">prepare</s> yourselves by the <sn="1004">houses</s> of your <sn="1">fathers</s>, after your <sn="4256">courses</s>, according to the <sn="3791">writing</s> of <sn="1732">David</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, and according to the <sn="4385">writing</s> of <sn="8010">Solomon</s> his <sn="1121">son</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And <sn="5975">stand</s> in the <sn="6944">holy</s> place according to the <sn="6391">divisions</s> of the <sn="1004">families</s> of the <sn="1">fathers</s> of your <sn="251">brethren</s> the <sn="1121 5971">people</s>, and after the <sn="2515">division</s> of the <sn="1004 1">families</s> of the <sn="3881">Levites</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>So <sn="7819">kill</s> the <sn="6453">passover</s>, and sanctify <sn="6942">yourselves</s>, and <sn="3559">prepare</s> your <sn="251">brethren</s>, that they may <sn="6213">do</s> according to the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="4872">Moses</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="2977">Josiah</s><sn="7311">gave</s> to the <sn="1121 5971">people</s>, of the <sn="6629">flock</s>, <sn="3532">lambs</s> and <sn="1121 5795">kids</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> for the passover <sn="6453">offerings</s>, for <sn="3605">all</s> that were <sn="4672">present</s>, to the <sn="4557">number</s> of <sn="7970">thirty</s><sn="505">thousand</s>, and <sn="7969">three</s><sn="505">thousand</s><sn="1241">bullocks</s>: <sn="428">these</s> were of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="4480 7399">substance</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And his <sn="8269">princes</s><sn="7311">gave</s><sn="5071">willingly</s> unto the <sn="5971">people</s>, to the <sn="3548">priests</s>, and to the <sn="3881">Levites</s>: <sn="2518">Hilkiah</s> and <sn="2148">Zechariah</s> and <sn="3171">Jehiel</s>, <sn="5057">rulers</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="5414">gave</s> unto the <sn="3548">priests</s> for the passover <sn="6453">offerings</s> two <sn="505">thousand</s> and <sn="8337">six</s><sn="3967">hundred</s> small cattle, and <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="1241">oxen</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3562">Conaniah</s> also, and <sn="8098">Shemaiah</s> and <sn="5417">Nethaneel</s>, his <sn="251">brethren</s>, and <sn="2811">Hashabiah</s> and <sn="3273">Jeiel</s> and <sn="3107">Jozabad</s>, <sn="8269">chief</s> of the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, <sn="7311">gave</s> unto the <sn="3881">Levites</s> for passover <sn="6453">offerings</s><sn="2568">five</s><sn="505">thousand</s> small cattle, and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="3967">hundred</s><sn="1241">oxen</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>So the <sn="5656">service</s> was <sn="3559">prepared</s>, and the <sn="3548">priests</s><sn="5975">stood</s><sn="5921">in</s> their <sn="5977">place</s>, and the <sn="3881">Levites</s><sn="5921">in</s> their <sn="4256">courses</s>, according to the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="4687">commandment</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And they <sn="7819">killed</s> the <sn="6453">passover</s>, and the <sn="3548">priests</s><sn="2236">sprinkled</s> the blood from their <sn="4480 3027">hands</s>, and the <sn="3881">Levites</s><sn="6584">flayed</s> them. </v>
<vn='12'>And they <sn="5493">removed</s> the burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s>, that they might <sn="5414">give</s> according to the <sn="4653">divisions</s> of the <sn="1004 1">families</s> of the <sn="1121 5971">people</s>, to <sn="7126">offer</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, as it is <sn="3789">written</s> in the <sn="5612">book</s> of <sn="4872">Moses</s>. And <sn="3651">so</s> did they with the <sn="1241">oxen</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And they <sn="1310">roasted</s> the <sn="6453">passover</s> with <sn="784">fire</s> according to the <sn="4941">ordinance</s>: but the other <sn="6944">holy</s> offerings <sn="1310">sod</s> they in <sn="5518">pots</s>, and in <sn="1731">caldrons</s>, and in <sn="6745">pans</s>, and divided them <sn="7323">speedily</s> among <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1121 5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="310">afterward</s> they made <sn="3559">ready</s> for themselves, and for the <sn="3548">priests</s>: <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="3548">priests</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="175">Aaron</s> were busied in <sn="5927">offering</s> of burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> and the <sn="2459">fat</s><sn="5704">until</s><sn="3915">night</s>; therefore the <sn="3881">Levites</s><sn="3559">prepared</s> for themselves, and for the <sn="3548">priests</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="175">Aaron</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And the <sn="7891">singers</s> the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="623">Asaph</s> were <sn="5921">in</s> their <sn="4612">place</s>, according to the <sn="4687">commandment</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, and <sn="623">Asaph</s>, and <sn="1968">Heman</s>, and <sn="3038">Jeduthun</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="2374">seer</s>; and the <sn="7778">porters</s> waited at every <sn="8179 8179">gate</s>; they might <sn="369">not</s><sn="5493">depart</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> their <sn="5656">service</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> their <sn="251">brethren</s> the <sn="3881">Levites</s><sn="3559">prepared</s> for them. </v>
<vn='16'>So <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5656">service</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> was <sn="3559">prepared</s> the <sn="1931">same</s><sn="3117">day</s>, to <sn="6213">keep</s> the <sn="6453">passover</s>, and to <sn="5927">offer</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, according to the <sn="4687">commandment</s> of <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2977">Josiah</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> that were <sn="4672">present</s><sn="6213">kept</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6453">passover</s> at <sn="1931">that</s><sn="6256">time</s>, and the <sn="2282">feast</s> of unleavened <sn="4682">bread</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="3117">days</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And there was <sn="3808">no</s><sn="6453">passover</s> like <sn="3644">to</s> that <sn="6213">kept</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s> from the <sn="4480 3117">days</s> of <sn="8050">Samuel</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="6213">keep</s> such a <sn="6453">passover</s><sn="834">as</s><sn="2977">Josiah</s><sn="6213">kept</s>, and the <sn="3548">priests</s>, and the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3478">Israel</s> that were <sn="4672">present</s>, and the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>In the <sn="8083 6240">eighteenth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of the <sn="4438">reign</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s> was <sn="2088">this</s><sn="6453">passover</s><sn="6213">kept</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="310">After</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="2063">this</s>, <sn="834">when</s><sn="2977">Josiah</s> had <sn="3559">prepared</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">temple</s>, <sn="5224">Necho</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s> came <sn="5927">up</s> to <sn="3898">fight</s> against <sn="3751">Carchemish</s><sn="5921">by</s><sn="6578">Euphrates</s>: and <sn="2977">Josiah</s> went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="7125">against</s> him. </v>
<vn='21'>But he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">ambassadors</s><sn="413">to</s> him, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> have I to do with thee, thou <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>? I come <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="859">thee</s> this <sn="3117">day</s>, <sn="3588">but</s><sn="413">against</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> wherewith I have <sn="4421">war</s>: for <sn="430">God</s><sn="559">commanded</s> me to make <sn="926">haste</s>: <sn="2308">forbear</s> thee from meddling with <sn="4480 430">God</s>, <sn="834">who</s> is <sn="5973">with</s> me, that he <sn="7843">destroy</s> thee <sn="408">not</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Nevertheless <sn="2977">Josiah</s> would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5437">turn</s> his <sn="6440">face</s><sn="4480">from</s> him, <sn="3588">but</s> disguised <sn="2664">himself</s>, that he might <sn="3898">fight</s> with him, and <sn="8085">hearkened</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="5224">Necho</s> from the <sn="4480 6310">mouth</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="935">came</s> to <sn="3898">fight</s> in the <sn="1237">valley</s> of <sn="4023">Megiddo</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>And the <sn="3384">archers</s><sn="3384">shot</s> at <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2977">Josiah</s>; and the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s> to his <sn="5650">servants</s>, Have me <sn="5674">away</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> I am sore <sn="2470 3966">wounded</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>His <sn="5650">servants</s> therefore <sn="5674">took</s> him out <sn="4480">of</s> that <sn="4818">chariot</s>, and <sn="7392">put</s> him <sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="4932">second</s><sn="7393">chariot</s><sn="834">that</s> he had; and they <sn="1980">brought</s> him to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and he <sn="4191">died</s>, and was <sn="6912">buried</s> in one of the <sn="6913">sepulchers</s> of his <sn="1">fathers</s>. And <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="56">mourned</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="2977">Josiah</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>And <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="6969">lamented</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="2977">Josiah</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s> the singing <sn="7891">men</s> and the singing <sn="7891">women</s><sn="559">spoke</s><sn="5921">of</s><sn="2977">Josiah</s> in their <sn="7015">lamentations</s><sn="5704">to</s> this <sn="3117">day</s>, and <sn="5414">made</s> them an <sn="2706">ordinance</s><sn="5921">in</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>: and, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they are <sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="7015">lamentations</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>Now the <sn="3499">rest</s> of the <sn="1697">acts</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s>, and his <sn="2617">goodness</s>, according to that which was <sn="3789">written</s> in the <sn="8451">law</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, </v>
<vn='27'>And his <sn="1697">deeds</s>, <sn="7223">first</s> and <sn="314">last</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they are <sn="3789">written</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="5612">book</s> of the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> and <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>