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 1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth *day* of the first month.

 2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,

 3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; *it shall* not *be* a burden upon *your* shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,

 4 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.

 5 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.**

 6 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.

 7 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.*

 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 thousand and six hundred *small cattle*, and three hundred oxen.*

 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.*

 10 So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment.

 11 And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled *the blood* from their hands, and the Levites flayed *them*.

 12 And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as *it is* written in the book of Moses. And so *did they* with the oxen.

 13 And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the *other* holy *offerings* sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided *them* speedily among all the people.*

 14 And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron *were busied* in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until 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 passover, 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 present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.*

 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.*

 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.

 20 ¶ After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.*

 21 But he sent ambassadors 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 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.*

 22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

 23 And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.*

 24 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 sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.*

 25 ¶ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they *are* written in the lamentations.

 26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to *that which was* written in the law of the LORD,*

 27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they *are* written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
 
[2 Chronicles 34](/study/2-chronicles/34) [2 Chronicles 36](/study/2-chronicles/36)

## Commentary

 To verse 1
 
**1-3. Moreover Josiah kept a
passover**—(See on :-).
The first nine verses give an account of the preparations made for
the celebration of the solemn feast [ :-]. The day appointed by the law was kept on this occasion
(compare [2 Chronicles 30:2](/kjv/2-chronicles/30/2); [2 Chronicles 30:13](/kjv/2-chronicles/30/13)).
The priests were ranged in their courses and exhorted to be ready for
their duties in the manner that legal purity required (compare [2 Chronicles 30:13](/kjv/2-chronicles/30/13)- :). The Levites, the ministers or instructors of the people in
all matters pertaining to the divine worship, were commanded ([2 Chronicles 30:13](/kjv/2-chronicles/30/13)- :) to "put the holy ark in the house which Solomon did
build." Their duty was to transport the ark from place to place
according to circumstances. Some think that it had been ignominiously
put away from the sanctuary by order of some idolatrous king,
probably Manasseh, who set a carved image in the house of God ([2 Chronicles 30:13](/kjv/2-chronicles/30/13)- :), or Amon; while others are of opinion that it had been
temporarily removed by Josiah himself into some adjoining chamber,
during the repairs on the temple. In replacing it, the Levites had
evidently carried it upon their shoulders, deeming that still to be
the duty which the law imposed on them. But Josiah reminded them of
the change of circumstances. As the service of God was now performed
in a fixed and permanent temple, they were not required to be bearers
of the ark any longer; and, being released from the service, they
should address themselves with the greater alacrity to the discharge
of other functions.

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