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    2 Chronicles 35

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    Neco came bearing a warning said to be from God; Josiah answered it by disguising himself, went to Megiddo, and was soon being carried home in a second chariot. It is a remarkably sharp turn after the Passover at which pots, kettles, bowls, singers, gatekeepers, priests, Levites, and thirty-three thousand animals had all found their appointed work.

    The Passover arranged down to the cookwarevv. 1–19

    Josiah kept the Passover in Jerusalem and put the priests and Levites into their places. The Levites were told to put the ark in Solomon’s temple rather than carry it on their shoulders—a sudden instruction, with no explanation attached—and everyone was arranged by families and divisions. Josiah supplied 30,000 lambs and goats and 3,000 bulls; his officials and the Levite officers added their offerings. Then the work began: lambs were slaughtered, blood was handed over, animals were skinned, burnt offerings were set aside, and the other holy offerings were boiled in pots, kettles, and bowls before being hurried to the people. The priests continued with burnt offerings and fat until nightfall, so the Levites prepared food even for the priests. Meanwhile the singers stayed at their stations and the gatekeepers did not leave theirs. Israel kept the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days, and the account calls it unlike any Passover observed since the days of Samuel.

    The warning Josiah would not hearvv. 20–27

    After Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt marched toward Carchemish to fight another dynasty, while Josiah went out to confront him. Neco’s messengers asked what business there was between them and said that God had told Neco to hurry, warning Josiah not to oppose God. Josiah did not turn away. He disguised himself, went to fight on the Plain of Megiddo, and was shot by archers. His servants moved him from one chariot to another and carried him to Jerusalem, where he died. Judah and Jerusalem mourned, Jeremiah lamented, and singers continued to recite laments over Josiah. The chapter then leaves the rest of his acts to other books, having taken him from the grandest Passover to a battlefield in a very few verses.

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    1. 2 Chr 35:1Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.

    2. 2 Chr 35:2He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.

    3. 2 Chr 35:3To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.

    4. 2 Chr 35:4Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son.

    5. 2 Chr 35:5Moreover, stand in the Holy Place by the divisions of the families of your kinsmen the lay people, and by the divisions of the families of the Levites.

    6. 2 Chr 35:6Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”

    7. 2 Chr 35:7From his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats plus 3,000 bulls for the Passover offerings for all the people who were present.

    8. 2 Chr 35:8His officials also contributed willingly to the people and priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the chief officials of the house of God, gave the priests 2,600 Passover offerings and 300 bulls.

    9. 2 Chr 35:9Additionally, Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, as well as Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, contributed to the Levites 5,000 Passover offerings and 500 bulls.

    10. 2 Chr 35:10So the service was prepared; the priests stood in their places and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.

    11. 2 Chr 35:11And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests splattered the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals.

    12. 2 Chr 35:12They set aside the burnt offerings to be given to the divisions of the families of the people to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the Book of Moses. And they did the same with the bulls.

    13. 2 Chr 35:13They roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people.

    14. 2 Chr 35:14Afterward, they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, since the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were offering up burnt offerings and fat until nightfall. So the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

    15. 2 Chr 35:15The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

    16. 2 Chr 35:16So on that day the entire service of the LORD was carried out for celebrating the Passover and offering burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.

    17. 2 Chr 35:17The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

    18. 2 Chr 35:18No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.

    19. 2 Chr 35:19In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed.

    20. 2 Chr 35:20After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt marched up to fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him.

    21. 2 Chr 35:21But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty, and God has told me to hurry. So stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!”

    22. 2 Chr 35:22Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco’s words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.

    23. 2 Chr 35:23There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”

    24. 2 Chr 35:24So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.

    25. 2 Chr 35:25Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.

    26. 2 Chr 35:26As for the rest of the acts of Josiah and his deeds of loving devotion according to what is written in the Law of the LORD—

    27. 2 Chr 35:27his acts from beginning to end—they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

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    • 62 Chronicles 29:5“Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity.
    • 22Judges 5:19Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
    • 1Exodus 12:6You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
    • 31 Chronicles 23:26So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.”
    • 42 Chronicles 8:14In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
    • 112 Chronicles 29:34However, since there were not enough priests to skin all the burnt offerings, their Levite brothers helped them until the work was finished and until the priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites had been more diligent in consecrating themselves than the priests had been.
    • 13Exodus 12:8–9They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
    • 1Numbers 9:3You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”
    • 22 Chronicles 31:2Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.
    • 32 Chronicles 17:8–9accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
    • 3Deuteronomy 33:10He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
    • 3Malachi 2:7For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
    • 32 Chronicles 30:22And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
    • 6Hebrews 9:13–14For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
    • 62 Chronicles 29:15When they had assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves, they went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the command of the king by the words of the LORD.
    • 71 Kings 8:63And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.

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