Josiah keepeth a passover. 2 II. CHRONICLES, XXX V. thers of your brethren the people, and after 30 7 And Josiah 3° gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passoverofferings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's sub stance. 4 He is slain at Megiddo night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. 15 And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. 16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the pass over, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah. 17 And the children of Israel that were a 8 And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover-offerings two thou-present kept the passover at that time, and sand and six hundred small cattle, and three the feast of unleavened bread seven days. hundred oxen. 18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover-offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. 5 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. 9 20 After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. 21 But he sent ambassadors to him, say ing, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against 10 the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. |