2 Chronicles 35 (NET)

2 Chronicles 35:1¹Josiah observed a Passover festival for the Lord in Jerusalem. They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:2²He appointed the priests to fulfill their duties and encouraged them to carry out their service in the Lord ’s temple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:3³He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel about things consecrated to the Lord, “Place the holy ark in the temple which King Solomon son of David of Israel built. Don’t carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:4⁴Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions, as instructed in writing by King David of Israel and his son Solomon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:5⁵Stand in the sanctuary and, together with the Levites, represent the family divisions of your countrymen.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:6⁶Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your countrymen to celebrate according to the Lord ’s message which came through Moses.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:7⁷From his own royal flocks and herds, Josiah supplied the people with 30,000 lambs and goats for the Passover sacrifice, as well as 3,000 cattle.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:8⁸His officials also willingly contributed to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the leaders of God’s temple, gave the priests 2,600 Passover sacrifices and 300 cattle.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:9⁹Konaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, along with Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the officials of the Levites, supplied the Levites with 5,000 Passover sacrifices and 500 cattle.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:10¹⁰Preparations were made, and the priests stood at their posts and the Levites in their divisions as prescribed by the king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:11¹¹They slaughtered the Passover lambs and the priests splashed the blood, while the Levites skinned the animals.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:12¹²They reserved the burnt offerings and the cattle for the family divisions of the people to present to the Lord, as prescribed in the scroll of Moses.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:13¹³They cooked the Passover sacrifices over the open fire as prescribed and cooked the consecrated offerings in pots, kettles, and pans. They quickly served them to all the people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:14¹⁴Afterward they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were offering burnt sacrifices and fat portions until evening. The Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:15¹⁵The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet. The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:16¹⁶So all the preparations for the Lord ’s service were made that day, as the Passover was observed and the burnt sacrifices were offered on the altar of the Lord, as prescribed by King Josiah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:17¹⁷So the Israelites who were present observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:18¹⁸A Passover like this had not been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel had observed a Passover like the one celebrated by Josiah, the priests, the Levites, all the people of Judah and Israel who were there, and the residents of Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:19¹⁹This Passover was observed in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:20²⁰After Josiah had done all this for the temple, King Necho of Egypt marched up to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. Josiah marched out to oppose him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:21²¹Necho sent messengers to him, saying, “Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:22²²But Josiah did not turn back from him; he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:23²³Archers shot King Josiah; the king ordered his servants, “Take me out of this chariot, for I am seriously wounded.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:24²⁴So his servants took him out of the chariot, put him in another chariot that he owned, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors; all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:25²⁵Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:26²⁶The rest of the events of Josiah’s reign, including the faithful acts he did in obedience to what is written in the law of the LordCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Chronicles 35:27²⁷and his accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s