2Chronicles:34-35
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@2Chronicles:34:1 @ Eight years old was Josiah when he became king, and thirty and one years did he reign in Jerusalem.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:2 @ And he did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right or to the left.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:3 @ And in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a lad, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purify Judah and Jerusalem from the highplaces, and the Asherim, and the carved images, and the molten images.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:4 @ And they broke down in his presence the altars of the Bealim, and the sunimages, that were set above them, he cut down; and the Asherim, and the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and ground down, and strewed upon the graves of those that had sacrificed unto them.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:5 @ And the bones of priests did he burn upon their altars; and he purified Judah and Jerusalem.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:6 @ And in the cities of Menasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even as far as Naphtali, with their mattocks, round about.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:7 @ And when he had broken down the altars and had beaten the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and cut down all the sunimages throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:8 @ And in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purified the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azalyahu, and Maasseyahu the governor of the city and Joach the son of Joachaz the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:9 @ And they came to Chilkiyahu the highpriest, and gave up the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites that watched at the threshold had gathered from the hand of Menasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin, and were returned to Jerusalem.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:10 @ And they delivered it into the hand of those who overlooked the workmen that had been appointed as overseers of the house of the Lord: and those who overlooked the workmen, who did the work in the house of the Lord, gave it out, to repair and to restore the house,
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:11 @ And they gave it to the carpenters and to the builders to buy hewn stone and timber for joists, and to lay the beams in the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:12 @ And the men acted faithfully in the work: and over them were appointed Jachath and Obadyahu, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kehathites, to supervise; and every one of these Levites was skilful on instruments of music.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:13 @ They were also over the bearers of burdens and supervisors over all that did the work in every manner of service: and from the Levites there were also scribes, and officers, and gatekeepers.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:14 @ And when they took out the money that had been brought into the house of the Lord, Chilkiyahu the priest found the book of the law of the Lord through the hand of Moses.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:15 @ Then commenced Chilkiyahu and said to Shaphan the scribe, The book of the law have I found in the house of the Lord. And Chilkiyahu gave the book to Shaphan.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:16 @ And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king also word back again, saying, All that was put in the hand of thy servants, have they truly done.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:17 @ And they have taken out the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the appointed overseers, and into the hand of those who overlook the workmen.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:18 @ Then told Shaphan the scribe the king, saying, A book hath Chilkiyahu the priest given me. And Shaphan read in it before the king.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:19 @ And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:20 @ And the king commanded Chilkiyahu, and Achikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Michah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Assayah a servant of the kings, saying,
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:21 @ Go ye, inquire of the Lord in my behalf, and in behalf of those that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that hath been found; for great is the fury of the Lord that is poured out against us, because our fathers did not keep the word of the Lord, to do in accordance with all that is written in this book.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:22 @ Then went Chilkiyahu with those whom the king, to Chuldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Thoknath, the son of Chassrah, the keeper of the wardrobe; now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the suburb; and they spoke to her in that wise.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:23 @ And she said unto them, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, Say unto the man that hath sent you to me,
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:24 @ Thus hath said 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;
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:25 @ Because they have forsaken me, and have burnt incense unto other gods, in order to provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands: therefore is my fury poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:26 @ And with respect to the king of Judah, who sendeth you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall ye say to him, Thus hath said the Lord the God of Israel, Concerning the words which thou hast heard;
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:27 @ Because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardst his words against this place, and against its inhabitants, and didst humble thyself before me, and rend thy clothes, and weep before me: I have also truly heard it, saith the Lord.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:28 @ Behold, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy graves in peace, and thy eyes shall not look on all the evil which I am bringing over this place, and over its inhabitants. And they brought the king word again.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:29 @ And the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:30 @ And the king went up into the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, from the great to the small; and he read before their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which had been found in the house of the Lord.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:31 @ And the king stood up on his stand, and he 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 that are written in this book.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:32 @ And he caused to accede to it every one that was present in Jerusalem and Benjamin. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:34:33 @ And Josiah removed all the abominations out of all the countries that belonged to the children of Israel, and caused all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God. All his days did they not depart from following the Lord God of their fathers.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:1 @ And Josiah kept in Jerusalem the passover unto the Lord: and they slaughtered the passoversacrifice on the fourteenth day of the first month.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:2 @ And he placed the priests in their charges, and strengthened them for the service of the house of the Lord.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:3 @ And he said unto the Levites that instructed all Israel, who were holy unto the Lord, Set the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David the king of Israel did build; you have not to carry it any more upon your shoulders; now serve the Lord your God, and his people Israel.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:4 @ And prepare yourselves by your family divisions, according to your courses, after the written order of David the king of Israel, and after the written order of Solomon his son;
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:5 @ And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the family divisions of your brethren the sons of the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites;
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:6 @ And slaughter the passoversacrifice, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare it for your brethren, to do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:7 @ And Josiah set apart for the sons of the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passoversacrifices, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and of steers three thousand: these were of the kings property.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:8 @ And his princes set apart as a freewill gift for the people for the priests, and for the Levites: Chilkiyah, and Zecharyahu, and Jechiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passoversacrifices two thousand and six hundred, and three hundred steers.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:9 @ And Conanyahu, and Shemayahu and Nethanel, his brothers, and Chashabyahu and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, set apart unto the Levites for passoversacrifices five thousand, and five hundred steers.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:10 @ So the service was established, and the priests stood on their station, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the kings command.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:11 @ And they slaughtered the passoversacrifice, and the priests sprinkled from their hands, and the Levites did the flaying.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:12 @ And they removed the burntofferings to give them to the divisions of the family divisions of the sons of the people, to offer unto the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the steers.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:13 @ And they roasted the passover by the fire in accordance with the prescribed manner; but the holy offerings they seethed in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the sons of the people.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:14 @ And afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests; because the priests the sons of Aaron in offering the burntofferings and the fat until night: therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:15 @ And the singers the sons of Assaph were on their station, according to the command of David, and Assaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the kings seer; and the gatekeepers were at every gate: they had no need to depart from their service; because their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:16 @ So was established all the service of the Lord on the same day, to prepare the passoversacrifice, and to offer burntofferings upon the altar of the Lord, according to the command of king Josiah.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:17 @ And the children of Israel that were present prepared the passoversacrifice at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:18 @ And there was not holden any passover like this in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; and all the kings of Israel did not keep such a passover as Josiah kept, with the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:19 @ In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover holden.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:20 @ After all this, when Josiah had restored the temple, came up Necho the king of Egypt to fight against Karkemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out against him.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:21 @ 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, and God hath commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God who is with me, that he may not destroy thee.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:22 @ Nevertheless did Josiah not turn his face away from him, but disguised himself, to fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God; and he came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:23 @ And the archers shot at king Josiah: and the king said to his servants, Carry me away: for I am sorely wounded.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:24 @ And his servants carried him away out of that chariot, and conveyed 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.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:25 @ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah; and all the singing men and the singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and they instituted them as a custom in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:26 @ And the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his pious deeds, in accordance with what is written in the law of the Lord,
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:35:27 @ And his acts, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
sf_leeser_rev1@2Chronicles:36:1 @ And the people of the land took Jehoachaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his fathers stead in Jerusalem.
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