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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Chronicles 35 WBT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_chronicles/35.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_chronicles/35-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WBT</a> > 2 Chronicles 35</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/34.htm" title="2 Chronicles 34">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 35 <a href="../2_chronicles/36.htm" title="2 Chronicles 36">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Webster Bible Translation</div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">Josiah Restores the Passover<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_kings/23.htm#21">2 Kings 23:21-27</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Moreover, Josiah kept a passover to the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And said to the Levites that taught all Israel, who were holy to the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover-offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And his princes gave willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the passover-offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Conaniah also, and Shemaiah, and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jehiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave to the Levites for passover-offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And they removed the burnt-offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings they boiled in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And afterwards they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering burnt-offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And there was no passover like 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.</p> <a name="20" id="20"></a><p class="hdg">Josiah Slain at Megiddo<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../2_kings/23.htm#28">2 Kings 23:28-30</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But he sent embassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house with which I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he may not destroy thee. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself that he might fight with him, and hearkened not to the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am severely wounded. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchers of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.</p> <p class="hdg">Laments for Josiah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women have spoken of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and behold, they are written in the lamentations. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Webster Bible Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_chronicles/34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_chronicles/36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 36" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/2_chronicles/35-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhsh.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /> <table align="center" width="90%" style="max-width:900px"><tr><td> <div id="rcjsload_a957f3"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer||""==referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); var rcds = document.getElementById("rcjsload_a957f3"); var rcel = document.createElement("script"); rcel.id = 'rc_' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000); rcel.type = 'text/javascript'; rcel.src = "https://trends.revcontent.com/serve.js.php?w=111176&t="+rcel.id+"&c="+(new Date()).getTime()+"&width="+(window.outerWidth || document.documentElement.clientWidth)+"&referer="+encodeURIComponent(referer); rcel.async = true; rcds.appendChild(rcel); })(); </script> </td></tr></table> <br /><br /> <div class="bot2"> <table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2-bhub.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></body></html>