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35:1 Josiah <02977> observed <06213> a Passover festival <06453> for the Lord <03068> in Jerusalem <03389>. They slaughtered <07819> the Passover lambs <06453> on the fourteenth <06240> <0702> day of the first <07223> month <02320>. 35:2 He appointed <05975> the priests <03548> to fulfill <05921> their duties <04931> and encouraged <02388> them to carry out their service <05656> in the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. 35:3 He told <0559> the Levites <03881>, who instructed <0995> all <03605> Israel <03478> about things consecrated <06918> to the Lord <03068>, “Place <05414> the holy <06944> ark <0727> in the temple <01004> which <0834> King <04428> Solomon <08010> son <01121> of David <01732> of Israel <03478> built <01129>. Don’t <0369> carry it on your shoulders <03802>. Now <06258> serve <05647> the Lord <03068> your God <0430> and his people <05971> Israel <03478>! 35:4 Prepare <03559> yourselves by your families <01> <01004> according to your divisions <04256>, as instructed <03791> by King <04428> David <01732> of Israel <03478> and his son <01121> Solomon <08010>. 35:5 Stand in <05975> the sanctuary <06944> and, together with the Levites <03881> <01121>, represent the family <01> <01004> divisions <02515> of your countrymen <05971>. 35:6 Slaughter <07819> the Passover lambs <06453>, consecrate <06942> yourselves, and make preparations <03559> for your countrymen <0251> to do <06213> what <01697> the Lord <03068> commanded through <03027> Moses <04872>.” 35:7 From his own <07399> royal <04428> flocks <06629> and herds, Josiah <02977> supplied <07311> the people <05971> with 30,000 <0505> <07970> lambs <03532> and goats <05795> for the Passover sacrifice <06453>, as well as 3,000 <0505> <07969> cattle <01241>. 35:8 His officials <08269> also willingly contributed <05071> to the people <05971>, priests <03548>, and Levites <03881>. Hilkiah <02518>, Zechariah <02148>, and Jehiel <03171>, the leaders <05057> of God’s <0430> temple <01004>, supplied <05414> 2,600 <03967> <08337> <0505> Passover sacrifices <06453> and 300 <03967> <07969> cattle <01241>. 35:9 Konaniah <03562> and his brothers <0251> Shemaiah <08098> and Nethanel <05417>, along with Hashabiah <02811>, Jeiel <03273>, and Jozabad <03107>, the officials <08269> of the Levites <03881>, supplied <07311> the Levites <03881> with 5,000 <0505> <02568> Passover sacrifices <06453> and 500 <03967> <02568> cattle <01241>. 35:10 Preparations <05656> <03559> were made <05975>, and the priests <03548> stood <05975> at <05921> their posts and the Levites <03881> in <05921> their divisions <04256> as prescribed <04687> by the king <04428>. 35:11 They slaughtered <07819> the Passover lambs <06453> and the priests <03548> splashed <02236> the blood, while the Levites <03881> skinned <06584> the animals. 35:12 They reserved <05493> the burnt offerings <05930> and the cattle <01241> for the family <01> <01004> divisions <04653> of the people <05971> <01121> to present <07126> to the Lord <03068>, as prescribed <03789> in the scroll <05612> of Moses <04872>. 35:13 They cooked <01310> the Passover sacrifices <06453> over the open fire <0784> as prescribed <04941> and cooked <01310> the consecrated offerings <06944> in pots <05518>, kettles <01731>, and pans <06745>. They quickly served <07323> them to all <03605> the people <05971> <01121>. 35:14 Afterward <0310> they made preparations <03559> for themselves <01992> and for the priests <03548>, because <03588> the priests <03548>, the descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175>, were offering <05927> burnt sacrifices <05930> and fat <02459> portions until <05704> evening <03915>. The Levites <03881> made preparations <03559> for themselves <01992> and for the priests <03548>, the descendants <01121> of Aaron <0175>. 35:15 The musicians <07891>, the descendants <01121> of Asaph <0623>, manned their posts <04612>, as prescribed <04687> by <05921> David <01732>, Asaph <0623>, Heman <01968>, and Jeduthun <03038> the king’s <04428> prophet <02374>. The guards <07778> at the various gates <08179> <08179> did not <0369> need to leave <05493> their posts <05656>, for <03588> their fellow <0251> Levites <03881> made preparations <03559> for them. 35:16 So all <03605> the preparations <03559> for the Lord’s <03068> service <05656> were made <03559> that <01931> day <03117>, as the Passover <06453> was observed <06213> and the burnt sacrifices <05930> were offered <05927> on <05921> the altar <04196> of the Lord <03068>, as prescribed <04687> by King <04428> Josiah <02977>. 35:17 So the Israelites <03478> <01121> who were present <04672> observed <06213> the Passover <06453> at that <01931> time <06256>, as well as the Feast <02282> of Unleavened Bread <04682> for seven <07651> days <03117>. 35:18 A Passover <06453> like <03644> this had not <03808> been observed <06213> in Israel <03478> since the days <03117> of Samuel <08050> the prophet <05030>. None <03605> of the kings <04428> of Israel <03478> had observed <06213> a Passover <06453> like the one celebrated <06213> by Josiah <02977>, the priests <03548>, the Levites <03881>, all <03605> the people of Judah <03063> and Israel <03478> who were there <04672>, and the residents <03427> of Jerusalem <03389>. 35:19 This <02088> Passover <06453> was observed <06213> in the eighteenth <06240> <08083> year <08141> of Josiah’s <02977> reign <04438>.

• 2Ch 35:1-19 -- Josiah Observes the Passover

• ZACHARIAS (1)

  [isbe] ZACHARIAS (1) - zak-a-ri'-as (Zacharias): (1) One of the "rulers of the temple" at the time of Josiah's Passover (1 Esdras 1:8) = "Zechariah" of 2 Ch 35:8. (2) One of the "holy singers" at Josiah's Passover (1 Esdras 1:15); ...
  

• SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2

  [isbe] SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 - V. The Mosaic Sacrificial System. 1. The Covenant Sacrifice: The fundamental function of Moses' work was to establish the covenant between Israel and God. This important transaction took ...
  

• Rulers

  [nave] RULERS Appointed and removed by God. See: Government, God in. Chastised, Dan. 4. See: Nation. Monarchical, See: Kings. Patriarchal, Gen. 27:29, 37. Instances of Nimrod, Gen. 10:8-10. Abraham, Gen. 14:13-24; 17:6; 21:2...
  

• Revivals

  [nave] REVIVALS. Religious Zech. 8:20-23. Prayer for, Hab. 3:2. Prophecies concerning, Isa. 32:15; Joel 2:28; Mic. 4:1-8; Hab. 3:2. Instances of Under Joshua, Josh. 5:2-9; Samuel, 1 Sam. 7:1-6; Elijah, 1 Kin. 18:17-40; Jehoas...
  

• Pentateuch

  [ebd] the five-fold volume, consisting of the first five books of the Old Testament. This word does not occur in Scripture, nor is it certainly known when the roll was thus divided into five portions Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Nu...
  

• PLACE

  [isbe] PLACE - plas: Normally for maqom, Old Testament, and topos, New Testament, but in the King James Version "place" represents a great number of Hebrew and Greek words, often used with no difference in force (e.g. 2 Ch 35:10,15...
  

• Musician, Chief

  [ebd] (Heb. menatstseah), the precentor of the Levitical choir or orchestra in the temple, mentioned in the titles of fifty-five psalms, and in Hab. 3:19, Revised Version. The first who held this office was Jeduthun (1 Chr. 16:41)...
  

• Liberality

  [nave] LIBERALITY. Ex. 22:29, 30 Ex. 13:2, 12. Ex. 23:15 Ex. 34:20. Ex. 25:1-8; Ex. 35:4-29; Ex. 36:3-6; Ex. 38:8; Lev. 19:5 Lev. 22:29; Num. 35:8. Deut. 12:11, 12, 17-19; Deut. 14:27-29; Deut. 15:7-18; Deut. 16:10, 17; Deut. 18:1...
  

• Levites

  [nave] LEVITES The descendants of Levi. Set apart as ministers of religion, Num. 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; Deut. 10:8; 1 Chr. 15:2. Substituted in the place of the firstborn, Num. 3:12, 41-45; 8:14, 16-18; 18:6. Religious ...
  

• KETTLE

  [ebd] a large pot for cooking. The same Hebrew word (dud, "boiling") is rendered also "pot" (Ps. 81:6), "caldron" (2 Chr. 35:13), "basket" (Jer. 24:2). It was used for preparing the peace-offerings (1 Sam. 2:13, 14).
  [isbe] KETTLE - ket'-'l: In English Versions of the Bible only in 1 Sam 2:14 for dudh, "a vessel for cooking." The same word in 2 Ch 35:13 is rendered "caldrons," and in Job 41:20 (Hebrew 12), "pot." Ps 81:6 (Hebrew 7) (the King Ja...
  [smith] a vessel for culinary or sacrificial purposes. (1 Samuel 2:14) The Hebrew word is also rendered "basket" in (Jeremiah 24:2) "caldron" in (2 Chronicles 35:13) and "pot" in (Job 41:20)
  

• Josiah

  [ebd] healed by Jehovah, or Jehovah will support. The son of Amon, and his successor on the throne of Judah (2 Kings 22:1; 2 Chr. 34:1). His history is contained in 2 Kings 22, 23. He stands foremost among all the kings of the lin...
  [isbe] JOSIAH - jo-si'-a (yo'shiyahu, "Yahweh supports him"; Ioseias; the King James Version Josias (which see)): I. SOURCES FOR HIS LIFE AND TIMES 1. Annalistic 2. Prophetic 3. Memorial II. TRAITS OF HIS REIGN 1. Situation at the ...
  [smith] (whom Jehovah heals). The son of Amon and Jedidah, succeeded his father B.C. 641, in the eighty years of his age, and reigned 31 years. His history is contained in (2 Kings 22:1; 2 Kings 24:30; 2 Chronicles 34:1; 2Ã...
  [nave] JOSIAH 1. King of Judah, 2 Kin. 21:24-26; 22:1; 1 Chr. 3:14; 2 Chr. 33:25. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:10, 11. slain in battle with Pharaoh-neco, 2 Kin. 23:29, 30; 2 Chr. 35:20-24. Lamentations for, 2 Chr. 35:25. Piety of...
  

• Jeduthun

  [ebd] lauder; praising, a Levite of the family of Merari, and one of the three masters of music appointed by David (1 Chr. 16:41, 42; 25:1-6). He is called in 2 Chr. 35:15 "the king's seer." His descendants are mentioned as singer...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Influence

  [nave] INFLUENCE. Evil 1 Kin. 11:3, 4; 1 Kin. 15:25, 26; 1 Kin. 21:25; 1 Kin. 22:51-53; 2 Kin. 8:16-18, 25-27; 2 Kin. 17:21, 22; 2 Kin. 21:9; 2 Chr. 21:5, 6; 2 Chr. 22:3-5; 2 Chr. 33:9; Prov. 22:24, 25; Prov. 29:12; Jer. 17:1, 2;...
  

• ESDRAS, THE FIRST BOOK OF

  [isbe] ESDRAS, THE FIRST BOOK OF - ez'-dras, es'-dras: 1. Name 2. Contents 3. Relation to Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah 4. Versions 5. Date and Authorship LITERATURE 1. Name: In some of the Greek uncials (Codex Vaticanus, etc.) of the...
  

• Cruse

  [ebd] a utensil; a flask or cup for holding water (1 Sam. 26:11, 12, 16; 1 Kings 19:6) or oil (1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16). In 1 Kings 14:3 the word there so rendered means properly a bottle, as in Jer. 19:1, 10, or pitcher. In 2 Kings...
  

• Cook

  [ebd] a person employed to perform culinary service. In early times among the Hebrews cooking was performed by the mistress of the household (Gen. 18:2-6; Judg. 6:19), and the process was very expeditiously performed (Gen. 27:3, 4...
  

• CONANIAH

  [ebd] whom Jehovah hath set, a Levite placed over the tithes brought into the temple (2 Chr. 35:9).
  [isbe] CONANIAH - kon-a-ni'-a (konanyahu, "Jah has rounded or sustained"; the King James Version Cononiah): (1) A Levite, appointed with his brother Shimei by Hezekiah, the king, and Azariah, the ruler of the house of God, to be ov...
  [smith] (made by Jehovah), one of the chiefs of the Levites in the time of Josiah. (2 Chronicles 35:9) (B.C. 628).
  

• CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

  [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...
  

• Basket

  [ebd] There are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version: (1.) A basket (Heb. sal, a twig or osier) for holding bread (Gen. 40:16; Ex. 29:3, 23; Lev. 8:2, 26, 31; Num. 6:15, 17, 19). Sometimes baskets were...
  

• Josiah's Cultic Reforms

  

• What was the Ark of the Covenant, and was it real?
  The Ark of the Covenant was definitely real and was a part of the tabernacle, being placed in the Holy of Holies behind the curtain. I will include articles below from three Bible Dictionaries that will give you some informat...

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