King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. Moreover Josiah[H2977] kept[H6213] a passover[H6453] unto the LORD[H3068] in Jerusalem:[H3389] and they killed[H7819] the passover[H6453] on the fourteenth[H702] [H6240] day of the first[H7223] month.[H2320]

2. And he set[H5975] the priests[H3548] in[H5921] their charges,[H4931] and encouraged[H2388] them to the service[H5656] of the house[H1004] of the LORD,[H3068]

3. And said[H559] unto the Levites[H3881] that taught[H4000] all[H3605] Israel,[H3478] which were holy[H6918] unto the LORD,[H3068] Put[H5414] [H853] the holy[H6944] ark[H727] in the house[H1004] which[H834] Solomon[H8010] the son[H1121] of David[H1732] king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] did build;[H1129] it shall not[H369] be a burden[H4853] upon your shoulders:[H3802] serve[H5647] now[H6258] [H853] the LORD[H3068] your God,[H430] and his people[H5971] Israel,[H3478]

4. And prepare[H3559] yourselves by the houses[H1004] of your fathers,[H1] after your courses,[H4256] according to the writing[H3791] of David[H1732] king[H4428] of Israel,[H3478] and according to the writing[H4385] of Solomon[H8010] his son.[H1121]

5. And stand[H5975] in the holy[H6944] place according to the divisions[H6391] of the families[H1004] of the fathers[H1] of your brethren[H251] the people,[H1121] [H5971] and after the division[H2515] of the families[H1004] [H1] of the Levites.[H3881]

6. So kill[H7819] the passover,[H6453] and sanctify yourselves,[H6942] and prepare[H3559] your brethren,[H251] that they may do[H6213] according to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] by the hand[H3027] of Moses.[H4872]

7. And Josiah[H2977] gave[H7311] to the people,[H1121] [H5971] of the flock,[H6629] lambs[H3532] and kids,[H1121] [H5795] all[H3605] for the passover offerings,[H6453] for all[H3605] that were present,[H4672] to the number[H4557] of thirty[H7970] thousand,[H505] and three[H7969] thousand[H505] bullocks:[H1241] these[H428] were of the king's[H4428] substance.[H4480] [H7399]

8. And his princes[H8269] gave[H7311] willingly[H5071] unto the people,[H5971] to the priests,[H3548] and to the Levites:[H3881] Hilkiah[H2518] and Zechariah[H2148] and Jehiel,[H3171] rulers[H5057] of the house[H1004] of God,[H430] gave[H5414] unto the priests[H3548] for the passover offerings[H6453] two thousand[H505] and six[H8337] hundred[H3967] small cattle, and three[H7969] hundred[H3967] oxen.[H1241]

9. Conaniah[H3562] also, and Shemaiah[H8098] and Nethaneel,[H5417] his brethren,[H251] and Hashabiah[H2811] and Jeiel[H3273] and Jozabad,[H3107] chief[H8269] of the Levites,[H3881] gave[H7311] unto the Levites[H3881] for passover offerings[H6453] five[H2568] thousand[H505] small cattle, and five[H2568] hundred[H3967] oxen.[H1241]

10. So the service[H5656] was prepared,[H3559] and the priests[H3548] stood[H5975] in[H5921] their place,[H5977] and the Levites[H3881] in[H5921] their courses,[H4256] according to the king's[H4428] commandment.[H4687]

11. And they killed[H7819] the passover,[H6453] and the priests[H3548] sprinkled[H2236] the blood from their hands,[H4480] [H3027] and the Levites[H3881] flayed[H6584] them.

12. And they removed[H5493] the burnt offerings,[H5930] that they might give[H5414] according to the divisions[H4653] of the families[H1004] [H1] of the people,[H1121] [H5971] to offer[H7126] unto the LORD,[H3068] as it is written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of Moses.[H4872] And so[H3651] did they with the oxen.[H1241]

13. And they roasted[H1310] the passover[H6453] with fire[H784] according to the ordinance:[H4941] but the other holy[H6944] offerings sod[H1310] they in pots,[H5518] and in caldrons,[H1731] and in pans,[H6745] and divided them speedily[H7323] among all[H3605] the people.[H1121] [H5971]

14. And afterward[H310] they made ready[H3559] for themselves, and for the priests:[H3548] because[H3588] the priests[H3548] the sons[H1121] of Aaron[H175] were busied in offering[H5927] of burnt offerings[H5930] and the fat[H2459] until[H5704] night;[H3915] therefore the Levites[H3881] prepared[H3559] for themselves, and for the priests[H3548] the sons[H1121] of Aaron.[H175]

15. And the singers[H7891] the sons[H1121] of Asaph[H623] were in[H5921] their place,[H4612] according to the commandment[H4687] of David,[H1732] and Asaph,[H623] and Heman,[H1968] and Jeduthun[H3038] the king's[H4428] seer;[H2374] and the porters[H7778] waited at every gate;[H8179] [H8179] they might not[H369] depart[H5493] from[H4480] [H5921] their service;[H5656] for[H3588] their brethren[H251] the Levites[H3881] prepared[H3559] for them.

16. So all[H3605] the service[H5656] of the LORD[H3068] was prepared[H3559] the same[H1931] day,[H3117] to keep[H6213] the passover,[H6453] and to offer[H5927] burnt offerings[H5930] upon[H5921] the altar[H4196] of the LORD,[H3068] according to the commandment[H4687] of king[H4428] Josiah.[H2977]

17. And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] that were present[H4672] kept[H6213] [H853] the passover[H6453] at that[H1931] time,[H6256] and the feast[H2282] of unleavened bread[H4682] seven[H7651] days.[H3117]

18. And there was no[H3808] passover[H6453] like to[H3644] that kept[H6213] in Israel[H3478] from the days[H4480] [H3117] of Samuel[H8050] the prophet;[H5030] neither[H3808] did[H6213] all[H3605] the kings[H4428] of Israel[H3478] keep[H6213] such a passover[H6453] as[H834] Josiah[H2977] kept,[H6213] and the priests,[H3548] and the Levites,[H3881] and all[H3605] Judah[H3063] and Israel[H3478] that were present,[H4672] and the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem.[H3389]

19. In the eighteenth[H8083] [H6240] year[H8141] of the reign[H4438] of Josiah[H2977] was this[H2088] passover[H6453] kept.[H6213]

20. After[H310] all[H3605] this,[H2063] when[H834] Josiah[H2977] had prepared[H3559] [H853] the temple,[H1004] Necho[H5224] king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714] came up[H5927] to fight[H3898] against Carchemish[H3751] by[H5921] Euphrates:[H6578] and Josiah[H2977] went out[H3318] against[H7125] him.

21. But he sent[H7971] ambassadors[H4397] to[H413] him, saying,[H559] What[H4100] have I to do with thee, thou king[H4428] of Judah?[H3063] I come not[H3808] against[H5921] thee[H859] this day,[H3117] but[H3588] against[H413] the house[H1004] wherewith I have war:[H4421] for God[H430] commanded[H559] me to make haste:[H926] forbear[H2308] thee from meddling with God,[H4480] [H430] who[H834] is with[H5973] me, that he destroy[H7843] thee not.[H408]

22. Nevertheless Josiah[H2977] would not[H3808] turn[H5437] his face[H6440] from[H4480] him, but[H3588] disguised himself,[H2664] that he might fight[H3898] with him, and hearkened[H8085] not[H3808] unto[H413] the words[H1697] of Necho[H5224] from the mouth[H4480] [H6310] of God,[H430] and came[H935] to fight[H3898] in the valley[H1237] of Megiddo.[H4023]

23. And the archers[H3384] shot[H3384] at king[H4428] Josiah;[H2977] and the king[H4428] said[H559] to his servants,[H5650] Have me away;[H5674] for[H3588] I am sore wounded.[H2470] [H3966]

24. His servants[H5650] therefore took[H5674] him out of[H4480] that chariot,[H4818] and put[H7392] him in[H5921] the second[H4932] chariot[H7393] that[H834] he had; and they brought[H1980] him to Jerusalem,[H3389] and he died,[H4191] and was buried[H6912] in one of the sepulchers[H6913] of his fathers.[H1] And all[H3605] Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389] mourned[H56] for[H5921] Josiah.[H2977]

25. And Jeremiah[H3414] lamented[H6969] for[H5921] Josiah:[H2977] and all[H3605] the singing men[H7891] and the singing women[H7891] spoke[H559] of[H5921] Josiah[H2977] in their lamentations[H7015] to[H5704] this day,[H3117] and made[H5414] them an ordinance[H2706] in[H5921] Israel:[H3478] and, behold,[H2009] they are written[H3789] in[H5921] the lamentations.[H7015]

26. Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Josiah,[H2977] and his goodness,[H2617] according to that which was written[H3789] in the law[H8451] of the LORD,[H3068]

27. And his deeds,[H1697] first[H7223] and last,[H314] behold,[H2009] they are written[H3789] in[H5921] the book[H5612] of the kings[H4428] of Israel[H3478] and Judah.[H3063]