1Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD…
2He appointed the priests to their duties and…
3To the Levites who taught all Israel and…
4Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according…
5Moreover, stand in the Holy Place by the…
6Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make…
7From his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed…
8His officials also contributed willingly to the people…
9Additionally, Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel,…
10So the service was prepared; the priests stood…
11And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the…
12They set aside the burnt offerings to be…
13They roasted the Passover animals on the fire…
14Afterward, they made preparations for themselves and for…
15The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at…
16So on that day the entire service of…
17The Israelites who were present also observed the…
18No such Passover had been observed in Israel…
19In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this…
20After all this, when Josiah had set the…
21But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, “What…
22Josiah, however, did not turn away from him;…
23There the archers shot King Josiah, who said…
24So his servants took him out of his…
25Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this…
26As for the rest of the acts of…
27his acts from beginning to end—they are indeed…
