English Bible Presentation Sharing - 2-Chronicles Book, chapter 35, verse 40 in Litv Version

2 Chronicles 35 : 1 (LITV)

And Josiah performed a Passover in Jerusalem to Jehovah, and they killed the passover offering on the fourteenth of the first month.

2 Chronicles 35 : 2 (LITV)

And he made the priests stand over their charges, and made them strong for the service of the house of Jehovah,

2 Chronicles 35 : 3 (LITV)

and said to the Levites who were teaching all Israel, who were sanctified to Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon the son of David the king of Israel built; it shall not be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve Jehovah your God, and His people Israel,

2 Chronicles 35 : 4 (LITV)

and prepare by the house of your fathers, according to your courses, by the writing of David the king of Israel, and by the writing of his son Solomon,

2 Chronicles 35 : 5 (LITV)

and stand in the place of holiness, by the divisions of the house of the fathers of your brothers, the sons of the people, and the portion of the house of the father of the Levites;

2 Chronicles 35 : 6 (LITV)

and kill the passover offering and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the Word of Jehovah, by the hand of Moses.

2 Chronicles 35 : 7 (LITV)

And Josiah lifted up to the sons of the people a flock of lambs and young goats, all for passover offerings, for everyone who was found, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand oxen; these were from the king's substance.

2 Chronicles 35 : 8 (LITV)

And his leaders lifted up for a freewill offering to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Jehiel, rulers in the house of God, gave to the priest two thousand and six hundred for passover offerings, and three hundred oxen.

2 Chronicles 35 : 9 (LITV)

And Conaniah, and Shemaiah, and Nethaneel, his brothers; and Hashabiah, and Jeiel, and Jozabad, chiefs of the Levites, lifted up to the Levites five thousand for passover offerings, and five hundred oxen.

2 Chronicles 35 : 10 (LITV)

And the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the command of the king.

2 Chronicles 35 : 11 (LITV)

And they slaughtered the passover offering and the priests sprinkled out of their hand, and the Levites were stripping;

2 Chronicles 35 : 12 (LITV)

and they removed the burnt offering, to distribute them by the divisions of the house of the fathers of the sons of the people, to offer to Jehovah, as it is written in the book of Moses, and so to the oxen.

2 Chronicles 35 : 13 (LITV)

And they cooked the passover with fire, according to the ordinance; and they cooked the holy things in pots, and in kettles, and in pans, and carried to all the sons of the people.

2 Chronicles 35 : 14 (LITV)

And afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests; for the priests, the sons of Aaron, were offering up the burnt offering and the fat until nightfall; and the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests; the sons of Aaron.

2 Chronicles 35 : 15 (LITV)

And the singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their place, according to David's command, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the seer of the king; and the gatekeepers were at each gate; it was not for them to depart from their service, for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.

2 Chronicles 35 : 16 (LITV)

And all the service of Jehovah was prepared on that day, to perform the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of Jehovah, according to the command of King Josiah.

2 Chronicles 35 : 17 (LITV)

And the sons of Israel who were found performed the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, seven days.

2 Chronicles 35 : 18 (LITV)

And there had not been a Passover performed like it in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; yea, none of the kings of Israel performed such a Passover as Josiah performed, and the priests, and the Levites and all Judah and Israel who were found, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 35 : 19 (LITV)

In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah, this Passover was performed.

2 Chronicles 35 : 20 (LITV)

After all this, when Josiah had prepared the house, Necho the king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates; and Josiah went out to meet him.

2 Chronicles 35 : 21 (LITV)

And he sent messengers to him, saying, What do I have to do with you, O king of Judah? I am not coming against you today, but toward the house with which I have war; and God said for me to hasten; stop yourself from opposing God, who is with me, and He shall not destroy you.

2 Chronicles 35 : 22 (LITV)

Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself to fight against him, and did not listen to the words of Necho from the mouth of God; and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

2 Chronicles 35 : 23 (LITV)

And the archers shot at King Josiah. And the king said to his servants, Carry me out, for I am severely wounded.

2 Chronicles 35 : 24 (LITV)

And his servants carried him out from the chariot, and caused him to ride in a second chariot of his, and brought him to Jerusalem. And he died and was buried in the graves of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem were mourning for Josiah.

2 Chronicles 35 : 25 (LITV)

And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah; and all the singers and the songstresses speak in their lamentations of Josiah to this day, and gave them as a statute in Israel; and behold, they are written in the Lamentations.

2 Chronicles 35 : 26 (LITV)

And the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his godly deeds, are according as it is written in the Law of Jehovah.

2 Chronicles 35 : 27 (LITV)

And his acts, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.