1Josiah threw a lit Passover party for the Lord in Jerusalem, and they sacrificed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

2He got the priests in their roles and hyped them up for serving in the Lord's house, fr.

3He told the Levites who schooled all of Israel, “Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon built; it ain't gonna be a burden, just serve the Lord and His peeps.”

4Get yourselves ready by your fam's houses, following the plans from King David and Solomon, periodt.

5Stand in the holy spot based on your fams, and follow the Levite fam divisions, no cap.

6So, kill the Passover, sanctify yourselves, and prep your crew to roll out as per the Lord's word through Moses.

7Josiah gave the people lambs and kids for the Passover, totaling thirty thousand and three thousand bullocks—straight from the king's stash.

8His crew gave willingly to the people, priests, and Levites: Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel dropped two thousand six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen for the Passover offerings.

9Conaniah, Shemaiah, Nethaneel, Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the Levite bosses, gave five thousand small cattle and five hundred oxen for the Passover offerings.

10The service was set, priests were in their spots, and the Levites were in their lanes, just like the king ordered.

11They threw down the Passover, and the priests sprinkled that blood like it was nothing, while the Levites handled the rest.

12They took the burnt offerings, serving them up to the fams just like Moses said. They did the same with the oxen, no cap.

13They roasted the Passover fire-style, but other holy offerings were cooked in pots and pans, and they served it up quick to everyone.

14Then they got ready for themselves and the priests since the priests, Aaron's crew, were busy with burnt offerings until nightfall; so the Levites had to prep for them too.

15The singers, Asaph's squad, were on deck as David commanded, while the porters held it down at every gate, not leaving their posts, 'cause the Levites had their backs.

16So all the Lord's service was lit that day, keeping the Passover and offering burnt offerings on the altar like King Josiah said.

17The Israelites who were there kept the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread for seven days, vibes only.

18There was no Passover like the one Josiah threw down; not since Samuel the prophet, and no other kings of Israel did it like that, with all the priests, Levites, Judah, Israel, and the peeps in Jerusalem.

19This Passover went down in the eighteenth year of King Josiah's reign, periodt.

20After all that, when Josiah had the temple ready, Necho, the king of Egypt, rolled up to fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to meet him, fr.

21So he sent some messengers, like, "Yo, what’s good, king of Judah? I ain't here to mess with you today, just the house I’m beefing with. God told me to hurry up, so don’t get in the way, or it’s gonna be sus for you."

22But Josiah wasn’t about to back down; he went incognito to throw down, ignoring Necho’s God-given warning, and showed up to battle in the valley of Megiddo.

23The archers started firing at King Josiah, and he told his crew, "Get me outta here; I’m really hurt."

24So his crew pulled him outta that whip and tossed him into his backup ride; they took him back to Jerusalem, where he died and got laid to rest in his fam's tombs. Everyone in Judah and Jerusalem was straight-up mourning for Josiah.

25Jeremiah was all about the feels for Josiah, and all the singers, both guys and gals, were vibing about him in their laments, making it a whole thing in Israel, and it’s still written down in the laments.

26Now, all the other stuff Josiah did, the good vibes he spread, that’s all in the law of the Lord.

27And all his moves, from start to finish, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

1Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

2And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord,

3And 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,

4And 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.

5And 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.

6So 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.

7And 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.

8And 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.

9Conaniah 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.

10So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment.

11And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.

12And 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.

13And 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.

14And 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.

15And 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.

16So 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.

17And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

18And 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.

19In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.

20After 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.

21But 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.

22Nevertheless 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.

23And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

24His 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.

25And 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.

26Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the Lord,

27And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.