1	Moreover Josiah kept# a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed# the passover on the fourteenth# day of the first month.
			2	And he set# the priests in their charges, and encouraged# them to the service of the house of the LORD,
			3	And said# unto the Levites that taught# # # all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put# the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build# ; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve# now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
			4	And prepare# # # # yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
			5	And stand in# the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people# , and after the division of the families# of the Levites. [the families of the fathers: Heb. the house of the fathers] [the people: Heb. the sons of the people]
			6	So kill# the passover, and sanctify# yourselves, and prepare# your brethren, that they may do# according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
			7	And Josiah gave# to the people# , of the flock, lambs and kids# , all for the passover offerings, for all that were present# , to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance. [gave: Heb. offered]
			8	And his princes gave# willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave# unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle , and three hundred oxen. [gave willingly: Heb. offered, etc]
			9	Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave# unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle , and five hundred oxen. [gave: Heb. offered]
			10	So the service was prepared# , and the priests stood# in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
			11	And they killed# the passover, and the priests sprinkled# the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed# them .
			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 written# in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
			13	And they roasted# the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod# they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily# among all the people# . [divided...: Heb. made them run]
			14	And afterward they made ready# for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests 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 place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart# from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared# for them. [place: Heb. station]
			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 present# kept# the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. [present: Heb. found]
			18	And there was no passover like to that kept# in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did# 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. [present: Heb. found]
			19	In the eighteenth# year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept# .
			20	After all this, when Josiah had prepared# the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up# to fight# against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out# against# him. [temple: Heb. house]
			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: for God commanded# me to make haste# : forbear# thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy# thee not. [the house...: Heb. the house of my war]
			22	Nevertheless Josiah would not turn# his face from him, but disguised# himself, that he might fight# with him, and hearkened# not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came# to fight# in the valley of Megiddo.
			23	And the archers# shot# at king Josiah; and the king said# to his servants, Have me away# ; for I am sore wounded# . [wounded: Heb. made sick]
			24	His servants therefore took# him out of that chariot, and put# him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought# him to Jerusalem, and he died# , and was buried# in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned# for Josiah. [in one...: or, among the sepulchres]
			25	And Jeremiah lamented# for Josiah: and all the singing men# and the singing women# spake# of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made# them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written# in the lamentations.
			26	Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written# in the law of the LORD, [goodness: Heb. kindnesses]
			27	And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written# in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.