2 Chronicles 35

1 and to make: do Josiah in/on/with Jerusalem Passover to/for LORD and to slaughter [the] Passover in/on/with four ten to/for month [the] first

Josiah kept a Passover to Yahweh in Jerusalem, and they killed the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.

2 and to stand: appoint [the] priest upon charge their and to strengthen: strengthen them to/for service: ministry house: temple LORD

He placed the priests in their positions and encouraged them in the service of the house of Yahweh.

3 and to say to/for Levi ([the] to understand *QK) to/for all Israel [the] holy to/for LORD to give: put [obj] ark [the] holiness in/on/with house: home which to build Solomon son: child David king Israel nothing to/for you burden in/on/with shoulder now to serve: minister [obj] LORD God your and [obj] people his Israel

He said to the Levites who taught all Israel and who were set apart to Yahweh, “Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon son of David, king of Israel built. Do not carry it around on your shoulders any longer. Now worship Yahweh your God, and serve his people Israel.

4 (and to establish: prepare *QK) to/for house: household father your like/as division your in/on/with writing David king Israel and in/on/with writing Solomon son: child his

Organize yourselves by the name of your ancestral houses and your divisions, following the written instructions of David, king of Israel, and those of Solomon, his son.

5 and to stand: stand in/on/with Holy Place to/for division house: household [the] father to/for brother: compatriot your son: descendant/people [the] people and division house: household father to/for Levi

Stand in the holy place, taking your position with your divisions within the ancestral houses of your brothers, the descendants of the people, and taking your places with your divisions within the ancestral houses of the Levites.

6 and to slaughter [the] Passover and to consecrate: consecate and to establish: prepare to/for brother: compatriot your to/for to make: do like/as word LORD in/on/with hand: by Moses

Kill the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, prepare the lambs for your brothers, to do according to the word of Yahweh that was given by the hand of Moses.”

7 and to exalt Josiah to/for son: descendant/people [the] people flock lamb and son: young animal goat [the] all to/for Passover to/for all [the] to find to/for number thirty thousand and cattle three thousand these from property [the] king

Josiah gave to all the people thirty thousand lambs and kids from flocks for the Passover offerings to all who were present. He also gave three thousand bulls; these were from the king's possessions.

8 and ruler his to/for voluntariness to/for people to/for priest and to/for Levi to exalt Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel leader house: temple [the] God to/for priest to give: give to/for Passover thousand and six hundred and cattle three hundred

His leaders gave a free will offering to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the officials in charge of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 small cattle and three hundred oxen.

9 (and Conaniah *Qk) and Shemaiah and Nethanel brother: male-sibling his and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad ruler [the] Levi to exalt to/for Levi to/for Passover five thousand and cattle five hundred

Also Konaniah, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings five thousand small cattle and five hundred oxen.

10 and to establish: prepare [the] service and to stand: stand [the] priest upon post their and [the] Levi upon division their like/as commandment [the] king

So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their places, with the Levites by their divisions, in response to the king's command.

11 and to slaughter [the] Passover and to scatter [the] priest from hand: themselves their and [the] Levi to strip

They killed the Passover lambs, and the priests sprinkled the blood that they received from the Levites' hand, and the Levites skinned the lambs.

12 and to turn aside: turn aside [the] burnt offering to/for to give: give them to/for division to/for house: household father to/for son: descendant/people [the] people to/for to present: bring to/for LORD like/as to write in/on/with scroll: book Moses and so to/for cattle

They removed the burnt offerings, in order to distribute them to the divisions of the ancestral houses of the people, to offer them to Yahweh, as it is written in the Book of Moses. They did the same with the bulls.

13 and to boil [the] Passover in/on/with fire like/as justice: judgement and [the] holiness to boil in/on/with pot and in/on/with pot and in/on/with pot and to run: run to/for all son: descendant/people [the] people

They roasted the Passover lambs with fire following the instructions. As for the consecrated offerings, they boiled them in pots, cauldrons, and pans, and they quickly carried them to all the people.

14 and after to establish: prepare to/for them and to/for priest for [the] priest son: descendant/people Aaron in/on/with to ascend: offer up [the] burnt offering and [the] fat till night and [the] Levi to establish: prepare to/for them and to/for priest son: descendant/people Aaron

They later prepared offerings for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were occupied in offering the burnt offerings and the fat until nightfall, so the Levites prepared the offerings for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

15 and [the] to sing son: descendant/people Asaph upon office their like/as commandment David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun seer [the] king and [the] gatekeeper to/for gate and gate nothing to/for them to/for to turn aside: depart from upon service their for brother: male-relative their [the] Levi to establish: prepare to/for them

The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were in their place, as directed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer, and the guards were at every gate. They did not have to leave their post, because their brothers the Levites made preparations for them.

16 and to establish: prepare all service: ministry LORD in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to/for to make: do [the] Passover and to ascend: offer up burnt offering upon altar LORD like/as commandment [the] king Josiah

So, at that time the entire service of Yahweh was carried out for the celebration of the Passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of Yahweh, as King Josiah commanded.

17 and to make: do son: descendant/people Israel [the] to find [obj] [the] Passover in/on/with time [the] he/she/it and [obj] feast [the] unleavened bread seven day

The people of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and then the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

18 and not to make: do Passover like him in/on/with Israel from day Samuel [the] prophet and all king Israel not to make: do like/as Passover which to make: do Josiah and [the] priest and [the] Levi and all Judah and Israel [the] to find and to dwell Jerusalem

Such a Passover celebration had never been held in Israel from the days of the prophet Samuel, nor had any of the other kings of Israel ever celebrated such a Passover as Josiah did, along with the priests, Levites, and all the people of Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

19 in/on/with eight ten year to/for royalty Josiah to make: do [the] Passover [the] this

This Passover was kept in the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah.

20 after all this which to establish: prepare Josiah [obj] [the] house: home to ascend: rise Neco king Egypt to/for to fight in/on/with Carchemish upon Euphrates and to come out: come to/for to encounter: meet him Josiah

After all this, after Josiah had set the temple in order, Necho, king of Egypt, went up to fight against Carchemish at the Euphrates River, and Josiah went to fight against him.

21 and to send: depart to(wards) him messenger to/for to say what? to/for me and to/for you king Judah not upon you you(m. s.) [the] day: today for to(wards) house: home battle my and God to say to/for to dismay me to cease to/for you from God which with me and not to ruin you

But Necho sent ambassadors to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, king of Judah? I am not coming against you today, but against the house with which I am making war. God has commanded me to hurry, so refrain from interfering with God, who is with me, or he might destroy you.”

22 and not to turn: turn Josiah face: before his from him for to/for to fight in/on/with him to search and not to hear: hear to(wards) word Neco from lip God and to come (in): come to/for to fight in/on/with valley Megiddo

However, Josiah refused to turn away from him. He disguised himself in order to fight with him. He did not listen to the words of Necho that had come from the mouth of God; so he went to fight in the Valley of Megiddo.

23 and to shoot [the] to shoot to/for king Josiah and to say [the] king to/for servant/slave his to pass: bring me for be weak: ill much

Archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded.”

24 and to pass: bring him servant/slave his from [the] chariot and to ride him upon chariot [the] second which to/for him and to go: take him Jerusalem and to die and to bury in/on/with grave father his and all Judah and Jerusalem to mourn upon Josiah

So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in his extra chariot. They took him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

25 and to chant Jeremiah upon Josiah and to say all [the] to sing and [the] to sing in/on/with dirge their upon Josiah till [the] day: today and to give: make them to/for statute: decree upon Israel and look! they to write upon [the] dirge

Jeremiah lamented for Josiah; all the male and female singers lament about Josiah to this day. These songs became customary in Israel; behold, they are written in the songs of lament.

26 and remainder word: deed Josiah and kindness his like/as to write in/on/with instruction LORD

As for the other matters concerning Josiah, and his good deeds done in obedience to what is written in the law of Yahweh—

27 and word: deed his [the] first and [the] last look! they to write upon scroll: book king Israel and Judah

and his deeds, from beginning to end, are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.