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2 Chronicles 35

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2 Chronicles 35 . 1 , Josiah keeps a most solemn passover; 2 Chronicles 35 . 20 , He provoking Pharaoh-necho , is slain at Megiddo; 2 Chronicles 35 . 25 , Lamentations for Josiah.

2 Chronicles 35:1

Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.

2 Chronicles 35:1 · BSB

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The whole solemnity was performed with great exactness according to the law , and upon that account there was none like it since Samuel's time; for even in Hezekiah's passover there were several irregularities. Bp. Patrick observes , that in this also it exceeded the other passovers which preceding things had kept , that though Josiah was by no means so rich as David , or Solomon , or Jehoshaphat , yet he furnished the congregation with beasts for sacrifice , both paschal and eucharistical , at his own proper cost and charge , which was more than any king ever did before

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  • Exodus 12:6
  • Numbers 9:3
  • Deuteronomy 16:1-8
  • Ezra 6:19
  • Ezekiel 45:21 Josiah's solemnization of the passover , which is merely alluded to at
  • 2 Kings 23:21 is very particularly related her , while the destruction of idolatry is largely related in the Kings , and here only touched upon. The feasts of the Lord God , appointed by the ceremonial law , were very numerous; but the passover was the chief. It was the first which was solemnized in the night wherein Israel came out of Egypt , and ushered in those which were afterwards instituted , and it was the last great feast which was held in the night wherein Christ was betrayed , before the vail of the temple was rent in twain. Be means of this feast , both Josiah and Hezekiah revived religion in their day

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2 Chronicles 35:2

He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 35:2 · BSB

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2 Chronicles 35:3

To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.

2 Chronicles 35:3 · BSB

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2 Chronicles 35:4

Prepare yourselves by families in your divisions, according to the instructions written by David king of Israel and Solomon his son.

2 Chronicles 35:4 · BSB

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The regulations formed by David , and established by Solomon , concerning the courses of the priests and Levites , were committed to writing , and preserved , for them to refer to continually. Josiah , as well as Hezekiah , required the priests and Levites to attend to their several duties , and encouraged them therein , but he neither added , altered , not retrenched anything . he merely enforced what had been established in the law , and in the regulations made by David and the contemporary prophets . "the commandment of the king....was by the word of the Lord."

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2 Chronicles 35:5

Moreover, stand in the Holy Place by the divisions of the families of your kinsmen the lay people, and by the divisions of the families of the Levites.

2 Chronicles 35:5 · BSB

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families of the fathers Heb. house of the fathers

people Heb. sons of the people.

2 Chronicles 35:6

Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses."

2 Chronicles 35:6 · BSB

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2 Chronicles 35:7

From his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats plus 3,000 bulls for the Passover offerings for all the people who were present.

2 Chronicles 35:7 · BSB

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Heb. offered

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thirty thousand According to the calculation , that not fewer than ten , nor more than twenty persons , were to join for one kid or lamb , the numbers given on this occasion would suffice for above 400 ,000 persons.

2 Chronicles 35:8

His officials also contributed willingly to the people and priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the administrators of the house of God, gave the priests 2,600 Passover offerings and 300 bulls.

2 Chronicles 35:8 · BSB

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gave Heb. offered

2 Chronicles 35:9

Additionally, Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, as well as Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, donated to the Levites 5,000 Passover offerings and 500 bulls.

2 Chronicles 35:9 · BSB

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Heb. offered

2 Chronicles 35:10

So the service was prepared; the priests stood in their places and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.

2 Chronicles 35:10 · BSB

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2 Chronicles 35:11

And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests sprinkled the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals.

2 Chronicles 35:11 · BSB

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2 Chronicles 35:12

They set aside the burnt offerings to be given to the divisions of the families of the people to offer to the LORD, as is written in the Book of Moses; and they did the same with the bulls.

2 Chronicles 35:12 · BSB

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2 Chronicles 35:13

They roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people.

2 Chronicles 35:13 · BSB

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Heb. made them run

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2 Chronicles 35:14

Afterward, they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, since the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were offering up burnt offerings and fat until nightfall. So the Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

2 Chronicles 35:14 · BSB

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2 Chronicles 35:15

The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their position, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

2 Chronicles 35:15 · BSB

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place Heb. station

2 Chronicles 35:16

So on that day the entire service of the LORD was carried out for celebrating the Passover and offering burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.

2 Chronicles 35:16 · BSB

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2 Chronicles 35:17

The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

2 Chronicles 35:17 · BSB

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present Heb. found

2 Chronicles 35:18

No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 35:18 · BSB

there was no passover2 parallels

Not one on purer principles , more heartily joined in by the people present , more literally or exactly consecrated , according to the law , or more religiously observed. The words do not refer to the number present , but to the manner and spirit

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2 Chronicles 35:19

In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed.

2 Chronicles 35:19 · BSB

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2 Chronicles 35:20

After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt marched up to fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him.

2 Chronicles 35:20 · BSB

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Pharaoh , the lame , says the Targumist

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am 3394 , bc 610

temple Heb. house

2 Chronicles 35:21

But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, "What is the issue between you and me, O king of Judah? I have not come against you today, but I am fighting another dynasty. God told me to hurry; so stop opposing God, who is with me, or He will destroy you!"

2 Chronicles 35:21 · BSB

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house wherewith I have war Heb. house of my war

2 Chronicles 35:22

Josiah, however, did not turn away from him; instead, in order to engage him in battle, he disguised himself. He did not listen to Neco's words from the mouth of God, but went to fight him on the Plain of Megiddo.

2 Chronicles 35:22 · BSB

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Josiah's conduct in this affair has been treated with great severity; and he has been charged with engaging rashly in an unjust war , and disregarding the express command of God. But Scripture no where condemns him; and Pharaoh , in marching through Josiah's territories , against his will , certainly committed an act of hostility. It is evident that Josiah was in possession of the whole land of Israel

  • 2 Chronicles 26:6 and probably he held the northern parts of it as a grant from the king of Babylon; and was not only in alliance with him , but bound to guard his frontiers against hostile invaders. He may , therefore , be fairly justified from the charge of unjustly meddling in a war that did not belong him. It is true the ambassadors assured Josiah , that "God had commanded Pharaoh to make haste;" and he is therefore said not to have "hearkened to the words of Necho , from the mouth of God." But Necho produced no proof that he was a prophet of Jehovah; and the word he employed , elohim , may denote gods or idols; and critics have noticed that the expression , "from the mouth of God ," is not used when the true God is meant

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2 Chronicles 35:23

There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am badly wounded!"

2 Chronicles 35:23 · BSB

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Heb. made sick

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2 Chronicles 35:24

So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.

2 Chronicles 35:24 · BSB

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or , among the

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2 Chronicles 35:25

Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.

2 Chronicles 35:25 · BSB

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2 Chronicles 35:26

As for the rest of the acts of Josiah, along with his deeds of loving devotion according to what is written in the Law of the LORD—

2 Chronicles 35:26 · BSB

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Heb. kindness

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2 Chronicles 35:27

his acts from beginning to end—they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.

2 Chronicles 35:27 · BSB

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Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations 2 Chronicles 35:1 → 2 Kings 23:21, 2 Chronicles 35:1-19 → 2 Kings 23:21-23, 2 Chronicles 35:20 → 2 Kings 23:28, 2 Chronicles 35:20-27 → 2 Kings 23:28-30
Allusions 2 Chronicles 35:12 → Leviticus 3:14, 2 Chronicles 35:12 → Leviticus 3:14-16, 2 Chronicles 35:12 → Leviticus 3:3, 2 Chronicles 35:12 → Leviticus 3:3-5, 2 Chronicles 35:13 → Deuteronomy 16:7, 2 Chronicles 35:13 → Exodus 12:9, 2 Chronicles 35:16 → Numbers 28:16, 2 Chronicles 35:16 → Numbers 28:16-25, Ezekiel 44:11 → 2 Chronicles 35:11, Ezekiel 44:11 → 2 Chronicles 35:5, Ezekiel 44:11-12 → 2 Chronicles 35:11, Ezekiel 44:11-12 → 2 Chronicles 35:5-6
Echoes 2 Chronicles 35:11 → Numbers 18:3, 2 Chronicles 35:11 → Numbers 18:3-4, 2 Chronicles 35:11 → Numbers 18:6, 2 Chronicles 35:12 → Leviticus 3:9, 2 Chronicles 35:12 → Leviticus 3:9-11, 2 Chronicles 35:5 → Numbers 18:3, 2 Chronicles 35:5 → Numbers 18:6, 2 Chronicles 35:5-6 → Numbers 18:3-4, 2 Chronicles 35:5-6 → Numbers 18:6
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Shaped 2 Chronicles 35:10–16
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