(KJV) 2 Chronicles 35¹

⥃Josiah Restores the Passover ^{[ 2 Kings 23:21–27 ]}

[1] Moreover Josiah² kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth³ [day] of the first month. [2] And he set the priests in their charges⁴, and encouraged⁵ them to the service of the house of the Lord, [3] And said unto the Levites⁶ that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the Lord, Put⁷ the holy ark in the house⁸ which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; [it shall] not [be⁹] a burden upon [your] shoulders: serve now¹⁰ the Lord your God, and his people Israel, [4] And prepare [yourselves] by the houses¹¹ of your fathers, after your courses¹², according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according¹³ to the writing of Solomon his son. [5] And stand¹⁴ in the holy [place] according to the divisions of the families of the fathers¹⁵ of your brethren the people¹⁶, and [after] the division of the families of the Levites. [6] So kill¹⁷ the passover, and sanctify¹⁸ yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that [they] may do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. [7] And Josiah¹⁹ gave²⁰ to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand²¹, and three thousand bullocks: these [were] of the king’s substance²². [8] And his princes²³ gave²⁴ willingly²⁵ unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah²⁶ and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers²⁷ 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, gave²⁸ unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand [small cattle], and five hundred oxen. [10] So the service was prepared, and the priests²⁹ stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment. [11] And they killed the passover, and the priests³⁰ sprinkled [the blood] from their hands, and the Levites flayed [them³¹]. [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] written³² in the book of Moses. And so [did they] with the oxen. [13] And they roasted³³ the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the [other] holy [offerings] sod³⁴ they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided [them] speedily³⁵ among all the people. [14] And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests³⁶ 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 place³⁷, according³⁸ to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters³⁹ [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 present⁴⁰ kept the passover at that time, and the feast⁴¹ of unleavened bread seven days. [18] And there was no passover⁴² like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did⁴³ 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.

⥃The Death of Josiah ^{[ 2 Kings 23:28–30 ]}

[20] After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple⁴⁴, Necho⁴⁵ king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish⁴⁶ by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.⁴⁷ [21] But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What⁴⁸ have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? [I come] not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war⁴⁹: for God⁵⁰ commanded me to make haste: forbear thee⁵¹ from [meddling with] God, who [is] with me, that he destroy thee not. [22] Nevertheless⁵² Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised⁵³ himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth⁵⁴ of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo⁵⁵. [23] And the archers⁵⁶ shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded⁵⁷. [24] His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second⁵⁸ chariot that he had; and they⁵⁹ brought him to Jerusalem, and he died⁶⁰, and was buried in [one of] the⁶¹ sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah⁶² and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

⥃Laments over Josiah

[25] [¶]And Jeremiah⁶³ lamented for Josiah: and all the singing⁶⁴ men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them⁶⁵ an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they [are] written in the lamentations. [26] Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness⁶⁶, according to [that which was] written in the law of the Lord, [27] And his deeds⁶⁷, first and last, behold, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.