rwbs - 2Chronicles:34-35

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:1 @ Josiah eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:2 @ And he did right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined to the right hand, nor to the left.

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:3 @ For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:4 @ And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust, and scattered upon the graves of them that had sacrificed to them. (note:)the images: or, the sun images(:note)graves: Hebrews. face of the graves

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:5 @ And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:6 @ And in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, with their surrounding ruins. (note:)mattocks: or, mauls(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:7 @ And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. (note:)into…: Hebrews. to make powder(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:8 @ Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:9 @ And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had assembled from the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:10 @ And they put in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and restore the house:

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:11 @ Even to the craftsmen and builders they gave, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. (note:)to floor: or, to rafter(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:12 @ And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to oversee; and the Levites, all that had skill in instruments of music.

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:13 @ Also over the bearers of burdens, and overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites scribes, and officers, and porters.

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:14 @ And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of the LORD by Moses. (note:)by: Hebrews. by the hand of(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:15 @ And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:16 @ And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they are doing. (note:)to thy…: Hebrews. to the hand of, etc(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:17 @ And they have gathered the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. (note:)gathered together: Hebrews. poured out, or, melted(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:18 @ Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. (note:)it: Hebrews. in it(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:19 @ And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he tore his clothes.

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:20 @ And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king’s, saying, (note:)Abdon: or, Achbor(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:21 @ Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book.

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:22 @ And Hilkiah, and that the king, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter:) and they spoke to her to that. (note:)Hasrah: also called, Harhas(:note)wardrobe: Hebrews. garmentsin the college: or, in the school, or, in the second part

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:23 @ And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me,

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:24 @ Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon its inhabitants, all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:25 @ Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:26 @ And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel the words which thou hast heard;

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:27 @ Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou didst hear his words against this place, and against its inhabitants, and didst humble thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard also, saith the LORD.

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:28 @ Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thy eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again.

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:29 @ Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:30 @ And the king went into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD. (note:)great…: Hebrews. from great even to small(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:31 @ And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:32 @ And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. (note:)present: Hebrews. found(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:34:33 @ And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, to serve the LORD their God. all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers. (note:)present: Hebrews. found(:note)from…: Heb. from after

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:1 @ Moreover Josiah kept a passover to the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth of the first month.

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:2 @ And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:3 @ 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; not a burden upon shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:4 @ And prepare 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.

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:5 @ And stand in the holy according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and the division of the families of the Levites. (note:)the families of the fathers: Hebrews. the house of the fathers(:note)the people: Heb. the sons of the people

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:6 @ So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:7 @ 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 cattle: these of the king’s substance. (note:)gave: Hebrews. offered(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:8 @ 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, and three hundred oxen. (note:)gave willingly: Hebrews. offered, etc(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:9 @ Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave to the Levites for passover offerings five thousand, and five hundred oxen. (note:)gave: Hebrews. offered(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:10 @ So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment.

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:11 @ And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled from their hands, and the Levites flayed.

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:12 @ 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 written in the book of Moses. And so with the oxen.

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:13 @ And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the holy they boiled in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided speedily among all the people. (note:)divided…: Hebrews. made them run(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:14 @ And afterwards they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron in offering burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:15 @ And the singers the sons of Asaph in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. (note:)place: Hebrews. station(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:16 @ 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.

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:17 @ And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. (note:)present: Hebrews. found(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:18 @ 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. (note:)present: Hebrews. found(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:19 @ In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:20 @ 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. (note:)temple: Hebrews. house(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:21 @ But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? not against thee this day, but against the house with which I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from God, who with me, that he may not destroy thee. (note:)the house…: Hebrews. the house of my war(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:22 @ 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.

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:23 @ And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Take me away; for I am grievously wounded. (note:)wounded: Hebrews. made sick(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:24 @ 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 the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. (note:)in one…: or, among the sepulchres(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:25 @ 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 written in the lamentations.

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:26 @ Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to written in the law of the LORD, (note:)goodness: Hebrews. kindnesses(:note)

rwbs@2Chronicles:35:27 @ And his deeds, first and last, behold, they written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

rwbs@2Chronicles:36:1 @ Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.