2 Chronicles 35
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,
3And 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,
4And 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.
5And 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.
6So 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.
7And 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.
8And 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.
9Conaniah 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.
10So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
11And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
12And 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.
13And 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.
14And 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.
15And 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.
16So 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.
17And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
18And 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.
19In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
20After 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.
21But 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.
22Nevertheless 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.
23And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
24His 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.
25And 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.
26Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,
27And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- עַלʻalH592115× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- יֹאשִׁיָּהYôʼshîyâhH297713× in this chapter
Joshijah, the name of two Israelites
- פֶּסַחpeçachH645313× in this chapter
a pretermission, i.e. exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover (the festival or the victim)
- מֶלֶךְmelekH442812× in this chapter
a king
- בֵּןbênH112111× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH347810× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- כֹּלkôlH360510× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- לֵוִיִּיLêvîyîyH388110× in this chapter
a Levite or descendant of Levi
- בַּיִתbayithH10049× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30689× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- כֹּהֵןkôhênH35489× in this chapter
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- כּוּןkûwnH35598× in this chapter
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62138× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- עַםʻamH59716× in this chapter
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- אֵתʼêthH8536× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- אָבʼâbH15× in this chapter
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- יוֹםyôwmH31175× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- כִּיkîyH35885× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- לֹאlôʼH38085× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4305× in this chapter
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
- אָמַרʼâmarH5595× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8345× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- בָּקָרbâqârH12414× in this chapter
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
- דָּבָרdâbârH16974× in this chapter
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- אָחʼâchH2514× in this chapter
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
- יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâhH30634× in this chapter
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
- יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaimH33894× in this chapter
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
- כָּתַבkâthabH37894× in this chapter
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
- אֶלֶףʼelephH5054× in this chapter
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
- נָתַןnâthanH54144× in this chapter
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- עֲבֹדָהʻăbôdâhH56564× in this chapter
work of any kind
- דָּוִדDâvidH17323× in this chapter
David, the youngest son of Jesse
- לָחַםlâchamH38983× in this chapter
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
- מֵאָהmêʼâhH39673× in this chapter
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
- אֵלʼêlH4133× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מָצָאmâtsâʼH46723× in this chapter
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
- מִצְוָהmitsvâhH46873× in this chapter
a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
- עָלָהʻâlâhH59273× in this chapter
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
- עֹלָהʻôlâhH59303× in this chapter
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
- עָמַדʻâmadH59753× in this chapter
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)