2 Dabray HaYamiym 35

Moreover Yoshiyahu kept a Passover unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 in Yarushalayim: and they killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄,

And said unto the Lawiytes that taught all Yashar'al, which were holy unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, "Put the holy ark in the house which Shalumoh the son of Dawid king of Yashar'al did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 your Alahiym, and His people Yashar'al,"

"And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of Dawid king of Yashar'al, and according to the writing of Shalumoh his son."

"And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the lay people, and after the division of the families of the Lawiytes."

"So kill the Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 by the hand of Mushah."

And Yoshiyahu 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.

And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Lawiytes: Hilqiyahu and Zekaryahu and Yachiel, rulers of the house of Alahiym, gave unto the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.

Conanyahu also, and Shamayahu and Nethanel, his brethren, and Hashabyahu and Yeiel and Yahozabad, chief of the Lawiytes, gave unto the Lawiytes for Passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.

So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Lawiytes in their courses, according to the king's commandment.

And they killed the Passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Lawiytes flayed them.

And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, as it is written in the book of Mushah. And so did they with the oxen.

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.

And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aharun were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Lawiytes prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aharun.

And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of Dawid, and Asaph, and Heman, and Yaduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Lawiytes prepared for them.

So all the service of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, according to the commandment of king Yoshiyahu.

And the children of Yashar'al that were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

And there was no Passover like to that kept in Yashar'al from the days of Shamuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Yashar'al keep such a Passover as Yoshiyahu kept, and the priests, and the Lawiytes, and all Yahudah and Yashar'al that were present, and the inhabitants of Yarushalayim.

In the eighteenth year of the reign of Yoshiyahu was this Passover kept.

After all this, when Yoshiyahu had prepared the temple, Neko king of Mitzrayim came up to fight against Karchemish by Perath: and Yoshiyahu went out against him.

But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, "What have I to do with thee, thou king of Yahudah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for Alahiym commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with Alahiym, who is with me, that He destroy thee not."

Nevertheless Yoshiyahu would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Neko from the mouth of Alahiym, and came to fight in the valley of Magiddo.

And the archers shot at king Yoshiyahu; and the king said to his servants, "Have me away; for I am sore wounded."

His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Yarushalayim, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Yahudah and Yarushalayim mourned for Yoshiyahu.

And Yirmeyahu lamented for Yoshiyahu: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Yoshiyahu in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Yashar'al: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

Now the rest of the acts of Yoshiyahu, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the Turah of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄,

And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Yashar'al and Yahudah.