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1. King Josiah celebrated the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem. The Passover lamb was killed on the 14 day of the first month.
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1. Moreover Josiah H2977 kept H6213 a passover H6453 unto the LORD H3068 in Jerusalem H3389 : and they killed H7819 the passover H6453 on the fourteenth H702 H6240 day of the first H7223 month H2320 .
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2. Josiah chose the priests to do their duties. He encouraged the priests while they were serving in the Lord's Temple.
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2. And he set H5975 the priests H3548 in H5921 their charges H4931 , and encouraged H2388 them to the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 ,
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3. He spoke to the Levites who taught the Israelites and who were made holy for service to the Lord. He said to the Levites, "Put the Holy Box in the Temple that Solomon built. Solomon was David's son. David was king of Israel. Don't carry the Holy Box from place to place on your shoulders again. Now serve the Lord your God and his people, the Israelites.
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3. And said H559 unto the Levites H3881 that taught H4000 all H3605 Israel H3478 , which were holy H6918 unto the LORD H3068 , Put H5414 H853 the holy H6944 ark H727 in the house H1004 which H834 Solomon H8010 the son H1121 of David H1732 king H4428 of Israel H3478 did build H1129 ; it shall not H369 be a burden H4853 upon your shoulders H3802 : serve H5647 now H6258 H853 the LORD H3068 your God H430 , and his people H5971 Israel H3478 ,
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4. Make yourselves ready for service in the Temple by your tribes. Do the jobs that King David and his son King Solomon gave you to do.
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4. And prepare H3559 yourselves by the houses H1004 of your fathers H1 , after your courses H4256 , according to the writing H3791 of David H1732 king H4428 of Israel H3478 , and according to the writing H4385 of Solomon H8010 his son H1121 .
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5. Stand in the Holy Place with a group of Levites. Do this for each different tribe of the people so that you can help them.
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5. And stand H5975 in the holy H6944 place according to the divisions H6391 of the families H1004 of the fathers H1 of your brethren H251 the people H1121 H5971 , and after the division H2515 of the families H1004 H1 of the Levites H3881 .
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6. Kill the Passover lambs and make yourselves holy to the Lord. Get ready to help your fellow Israelites. Do everything the Lord commanded us in the laws he gave to Moses."
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6. So kill H7819 the passover H6453 , and sanctify yourselves H6942 , and prepare H3559 your brethren H251 , that they may do H6213 according to the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 by the hand H3027 of Moses H4872 .
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7. Josiah gave the Israelites 30,000 sheep and goats to kill for the Passover sacrifices. He also gave 3000 cattle to the people. All these animals were from King Josiah's own animals.
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7. And Josiah H2977 gave H7311 to the people H1121 H5971 , of the flock H6629 , lambs H3532 and kids H1121 H5795 , all H3605 for the passover offerings H6453 , for all H3605 that were present H4672 , to the number H4557 of thirty H7970 thousand H505 , and three H7969 thousand H505 bullocks H1241 : these H428 were of the king H4428 's substance H4480 H7399 .
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8. Josiah's officials also freely gave animals and things to the people, to the priests, and Levites to use for the Passover. Hilkiah the high priest, Zechariah, and Jehiel were the officials in charge of the Temple. They gave the priests 2600 lambs and goats and 300 bulls for Passover sacrifices.
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8. And his princes H8269 gave H7311 willingly H5071 unto the people H5971 , to the priests H3548 , and to the Levites H3881 : Hilkiah H2518 and Zechariah H2148 and Jehiel H3171 , rulers H5057 of the house H1004 of God H430 , gave H5414 unto the priests H3548 for the passover offerings H6453 two thousand H505 and six H8337 hundred H3967 small cattle , and three H7969 hundred H3967 oxen H1241 .
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9. Also Conaniah with Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel and Jozabad gave 500 sheep and goats and 500 bulls for Passover sacrifices to the Levites. These men were leaders of the Levites.
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9. Conaniah H3562 also , and Shemaiah H8098 and Nethaneel H5417 , his brethren H251 , and Hashabiah H2811 and Jeiel H3273 and Jozabad H3107 , chief H8269 of the Levites H3881 , gave H7311 unto the Levites H3881 for passover offerings H6453 five H2568 thousand H505 small cattle , and five H2568 hundred H3967 oxen H1241 .
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10. When everything was ready for the Passover service to begin, the priests and Levites went to their places. This is what the king commanded.
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10. So the service H5656 was prepared H3559 , and the priests H3548 stood H5975 in H5921 their place H5977 , and the Levites H3881 in H5921 their courses H4256 , according to the king H4428 's commandment H4687 .
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11. The Passover lambs were killed. Then the Levites skinned the animals and gave the blood to the priests. The priests sprinkled the blood on the altar.
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11. And they killed H7819 the passover H6453 , and the priests H3548 sprinkled H2236 the blood from their hands H4480 H3027 , and the Levites H3881 flayed H6584 them .
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12. Then they gave the animals to be used for burnt offerings to the different tribes. This was done so that the burnt offerings could be offered the way the Law of Moses taught.
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12. And they removed H5493 the burnt offerings H5930 , that they might give H5414 according to the divisions H4653 of the families H1004 H1 of the people H1121 H5971 , to offer H7126 unto the LORD H3068 , as it is written H3789 in the book H5612 of Moses H4872 . And so H3651 did they with the oxen H1241 .
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13. The Levites roasted the Passover sacrifices over the fire in the way they were commanded. And they boiled the holy offerings in pots, kettles, and pans. Then they quickly gave the meat to the people.
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13. And they roasted H1310 the passover H6453 with fire H784 according to the ordinance H4941 : but the other holy H6944 offerings sod H1310 they in pots H5518 , and in caldrons H1731 , and in pans H6745 , and divided them speedily H7323 among all H3605 the people H1121 H5971 .
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14. After this was finished, the Levites got meat for themselves and for the priests who were descendants of Aaron. These priests were kept very busy, working until it got dark. They worked hard burning the burnt offerings and the fat of the sacrifices.
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14. And afterward H310 they made ready H3559 for themselves , and for the priests H3548 : because H3588 the priests H3548 the sons H1121 of Aaron H175 were busied in offering H5927 of burnt offerings H5930 and the fat H2459 until H5704 night H3915 ; therefore the Levites H3881 prepared H3559 for themselves , and for the priests H3548 the sons H1121 of Aaron H175 .
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15. The Levite singers from Asaph's family got in the places that King David had chosen for them to stand. They were Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king's prophet. The gatekeepers at each gate did not have to leave their places because their brother Levites made everything ready for them for the Passover.
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15. And the singers H7891 the sons H1121 of Asaph H623 were in H5921 their place H4612 , according to the commandment H4687 of David H1732 , and Asaph H623 , and Heman H1968 , and Jeduthun H3038 the king H4428 's seer H2374 ; and the porters H7778 waited at every gate H8179 H8179 ; they might not H369 depart H5493 from H4480 H5921 their service H5656 ; for H3588 their brethren H251 the Levites H3881 prepared H3559 for them.
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16. So everything was done that day for the worship of the Lord as King Josiah commanded. The Passover was celebrated and the burnt offerings were offered on the Lord's altar.
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16. So all H3605 the service H5656 of the LORD H3068 was prepared H3559 the same H1931 day H3117 , to keep H6213 the passover H6453 , and to offer H5927 burnt offerings H5930 upon H5921 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 , according to the commandment H4687 of king H4428 Josiah H2977 .
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17. The Israelites who were there celebrated Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days.
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17. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 that were present H4672 kept H6213 H853 the passover H6453 at that H1931 time H6256 , and the feast H2282 of unleavened bread H4682 seven H7651 days H3117 .
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18. Passover hadn't been celebrated like this since the time of Samuel the prophet! None of the kings of Israel had ever celebrated a Passover like this. King Josiah, the priests, the Levites, and the people of Judah and Israel who were there with all the people in Jerusalem celebrated the Passover in a very special way.
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18. And there was no H3808 passover H6453 like to H3644 that kept H6213 in Israel H3478 from the days H4480 H3117 of Samuel H8050 the prophet H5030 ; neither H3808 did H6213 all H3605 the kings H4428 of Israel H3478 keep H6213 such a passover H6453 as H834 Josiah H2977 kept H6213 , and the priests H3548 , and the Levites H3881 , and all H3605 Judah H3063 and Israel H3478 that were present H4672 , and the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 .
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19. They celebrated this Passover in Josiah's 18 year as king.
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19. In the eighteenth H8083 H6240 year H8141 of the reign H4438 of Josiah H2977 was this H2088 passover H6453 kept H6213 .
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20. Josiah did all these good things for the Temple. Later, King Neco of Egypt led an army to fight against the town of Carchemish on the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to fight against Neco.
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20. After H310 all H3605 this H2063 , when H834 Josiah H2977 had prepared H3559 H853 the temple H1004 , Necho H5224 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 came up H5927 to fight H3898 against Carchemish H3751 by H5921 Euphrates H6578 : and Josiah H2977 went out H3318 against H7125 him.
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21. But Neco sent messengers to Josiah. They said, "King Josiah, this war is not your problem. I didn't come to fight against you. I came to fight my enemies. God told me to hurry. He is on my side, so don't bother me. If you fight against me, God will destroy you!"
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21. But he sent H7971 ambassadors H4397 to H413 him, saying H559 , What H4100 have I to do with thee , thou king H4428 of Judah H3063 ? I come not H3808 against H5921 thee H859 this day H3117 , but H3588 against H413 the house H1004 wherewith I have war H4421 : for God H430 commanded H559 me to make haste H926 : forbear H2308 thee from meddling with God H4480 H430 , who H834 is with H5973 me , that he destroy H7843 thee not H408 .
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22. But Josiah did not go away. He put on different clothes to hide who he was and went to fight the battle. Josiah refused to listen to the warning Neco had received from God and went to fight on the plain of Megiddo.
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22. Nevertheless Josiah H2977 would not H3808 turn H5437 his face H6440 from H4480 him, but H3588 disguised himself H2664 , that he might fight H3898 with him , and hearkened H8085 not H3808 unto H413 the words H1697 of Necho H5224 from the mouth H4480 H6310 of God H430 , and came H935 to fight H3898 in the valley H1237 of Megiddo H4023 .
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23. Then King Josiah was shot by arrows while he was in the battle. He told his servants, "Take me away, I am wounded badly!"
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23. And the archers H3384 shot H3384 at king H4428 Josiah H2977 ; and the king H4428 said H559 to his servants H5650 , Have me away H5674 ; for H3588 I am sore wounded H2470 H3966 .
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24. So the servants took Josiah out of his chariot and put him in another chariot he had brought with him to the battle. Then they took Josiah to Jerusalem. He died there and was buried in the tombs where his ancestors were buried. All the people of Judah and Jerusalem were very sad because Josiah was dead.
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24. His servants H5650 therefore took H5674 him out of H4480 that chariot H4818 , and put H7392 him in H5921 the second H4932 chariot H7393 that H834 he had ; and they brought H1980 him to Jerusalem H3389 , and he died H4191 , and was buried H6912 in one of the sepulchers H6913 of his fathers H1 . And all H3605 Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 mourned H56 for H5921 Josiah H2977 .
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25. Jeremiah wrote and sang some funeral songs for Josiah. And the men and women singers still sing these sad songs today. It became something the people of Israel always do�they sing a sad song for Josiah. These songs are written in the book, Funeral Songs.
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25. And Jeremiah H3414 lamented H6969 for H5921 Josiah H2977 : and all H3605 the singing men H7891 and the singing women H7891 spoke H559 of H5921 Josiah H2977 in their lamentations H7015 to H5704 this day H3117 , and made H5414 them an ordinance H2706 in H5921 Israel H3478 : and, behold H2009 , they are written H3789 in H5921 the lamentations H7015 .
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26. Everything else Josiah did while he was king, from beginning to the end of his rule, is written in the book, The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah. The book tells about his loyalty to the Lord and how he obeyed the Lord's law.
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26. Now the rest H3499 of the acts H1697 of Josiah H2977 , and his goodness H2617 , according to that which was written H3789 in the law H8451 of the LORD H3068 ,
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