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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>. 35:20 After <0310> Josiah <02977> had done <03559> all <03605> this <02063> for the temple <01004>, King <04428> Necho <05224> of Egypt <04714> marched up <05927> to do battle <03898> at Carchemish <03751> on <05921> the Euphrates <06578> River. Josiah <02977> marched out <03318> to oppose <07125> him. 35:21 Necho sent <07971> messengers <04397> to <0413> him, saying <0559>, “Why <04100> are you opposing me, O king <04428> of Judah <03063>? I am not <03808> attacking <05921> you <0859> today <03117>, but <03588> the kingdom <01004> with <0413> which I am at war <04421>. God <0430> told <0559> me to hurry <0926>. Stop <02308> opposing God <0430>, who <0834> is with <05973> me, or <0408> else he will destroy <07843> you.” 35:22 But Josiah <02977> did not <03808> turn back <05437> from <04480> him; he disguised <02664> himself for battle <03898>. He did not <03808> take seriously <08085> the words <01697> of Necho <05224> which he had received from God <0430>; he went <0935> to fight <03898> him in the Plain <01237> of Megiddo <04023>.

• 2Ch 35:1-19 -- Josiah Observes the Passover
• 2Ch 35:20-27 -- Josiah's Reign Ends

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• Passover

  [isbe] PASSOVER - pas'-o-ver (pecach, from pacach, "to pass" or "spring over" or "to spare" (Ex 12:13,23,17; compare Isa 31:5]. Other conjectures connect the word with the "passing over" into a new year, with assyr pasahu, meaning ...
  [nave] PASSOVER Institution of, Ex. 12:3-49; 23:15-18; 34:18; Lev. 23:4-8; Num. 9:2-5, 13, 14; 28:16-25; Deut. 16:1-8, 16; Psa. 81:3, 5. Design of, Ex. 12:21-28. Special passover, for those who were unclean, or on journey, to be ...
  

• Pharaoh

  [ebd] the official title borne by the Egyptian kings down to the time when that country was conquered by the Greeks. (See EGYPT.) The name is a compound, as some think, of the words Ra, the "sun" or "sun-god," and the article phe,...
  [smith] the common title of the native kings of Egypt in the Bible, corresponding to P-ra or Ph-ra "the sun," of the hieroglyphics. Brugsch, Ebers and other modern Egyptologists define it to mean ?the great house," which would corres...
  [nave] PHARAOH 1. King of Egypt at the time of Abraham, Gen. 12:14-20; Psa. 105:14. 2. Ruler of Egypt at the time of the famine. See: Egypt; Israelites. 3. Ruler of Egypt at the time of the deliverance and exodus of the children ...
  

• 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 ...
  

• Priest

  [nave] PRIEST. Before Moses Melchizedek, Gen. 14:18; Heb. 5:6, 10, 11; 6:20; 7:1-21. Jethro, Ex. 2:16. Priests in Israel before the giving of the law, Ex. 19:22, 24. Called angel, Eccl. 5:6. Mosaic Ex. 28:1-4; 29:9, 44; Num....
  

• Necho

  [smith] (lame). (2 Chronicles 35:20,22; 36:4) [PHARAOH-NECHO]
  [nave] NECHO, king of Egypt, 2 Chr. 35:20, 22; 36:4.
  

• Shemaiah

  [ebd] whom Jehovah heard. (1.) A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24). (2.) Neh. 3:29. (3.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37). (4.) A priest (Neh. 12:42). (5.) A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16). (6.) 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15. (7.) A Le...
  [isbe] SHEMAIAH - she-ma'-ya, she-mi'-a (shema`yah (in 2 Ch 11:2; 17:8; 31:15; 35:9; Jer 26:20; 29:24; 36:12, shema`yahu), "Jahveh hears"): The name is most frequently borne by priests, Levites and prophets. (1) Codex Vaticanus Sam...
  [smith] (heard by Jehovah). A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. (1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 11:2) (B.C. 972.) He wrote a chronicle containing the events of Rehoboam?s reign. (2 Chronicles 12:5,15) The son of Shechaniah, am...
  [nave] SHEMAIAH 1. A prophet in the time of Rehoboam. Prevents Rehoboam from war with Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 12:22-24; 2 Chr. 11:2-4. Prophesies the punishment of Rehoboam by Shishak, king of Egypt, 2 Chr. 12:5, 7. Writes chronicles, 2...
  

• Jeiel

  [ebd] snatched away by God. (1.) A descendant of Benjamin (1 Chr. 9:35; 8:29). (2.) One of the Levites who took part in praising God on the removal of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chr. 16:5). (3.) 2 Chr. 29:13. A Levite of the sons of ...
  [isbe] JEIEL - je-i'-el (ye`i'el, meaning unknown): (1) A Reubenite (1 Ch 5:7). (2) In 1 Ch 8:29, added in the Revised Version (British and American) from 9:35, where Kethibh is "Jeuel," an ancestor of King Saul; the King James Ver...
  [smith] (treasured of God). A Reubenite of the house of Joel. (1 Chronicles 5:7) A Merarite Levite, one of the gate-keepers to the sacred tent. (1 Chronicles 15:18) His duty was also to play the harp, ver. (1 Chronicles 15:...
  [nave] JEIEL 1. Called also Jehiel. A Reubenite, 1 Chr. 5:7. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 9:35. 3. One of David's heroes, 1 Chr. 11:44. 4. A Levite, and chorister in the tabernacle service, 1 Chr. 15:18, 21; 16:5. 5. A Levite, ancest...
  

• Hashabiah

  [ebd] regarded by Jehovah. (1.) Merarite Levite (1 Chr. 6:45; 9:14). (2.) A son of Jeduthun (25:3, 19). (3.) Son of Kemuel (26:30). (4.) One of the chief Levites (2 Chr. 35:9). (5.) A Levite (Neh. 11:22). (6.) One of the chief pri...
  [isbe] HASHABIAH - hash-a-bi'-a (chashabhyah): (1) Two Levites of the family of Merari (1 Ch 6:45; 9:14). (2) A Levite who dwelt in Jerusalem at the time of Nehemiah (Neh 11:15). (3) A son of Jeduthun (1 Ch 25:3). (4) A Hebronite, ...
  [smith] (whom God regards). A Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 6:45) Another Merarite Levite. (1 Chronicles 9:14) The fourth of the six sons of Jeduthun, (1 Chronicles 25:3) who had charge of the twelfth course. ver. 19. (B.C...
  [nave] HASHABIAH 1. Son of Amaziah, a Levite, 1 Chr. 6:45. 2. Son of Jeduthun, a Levite, 1 Chr. 25:3, 19. 3. Son of Kemuel, 1 Chr. 26:30; 27:17. 4. A chief Levite, 2 Chr. 35:9. 5. Son of Bui, 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15. 6. Son of...
  

• Rashness

  [nave] RASHNESS. Psa. 116:11; Prov. 14:29; Prov. 19:2; Prov. 21:5; Prov. 25:8; Prov. 29:20; Eccl. 5:2; Eccl. 7:9 Instances of Moses, in slaying the Egyptian, Ex. 2:11, 12; Acts 7:24, 25. When he struck the rock, Num. 20:10-12. ...
  

• Jehiel

  [ebd] God's living one. (1.) The father of Gibeon (1 Chr. 9:35). (2.) One of David's guard (1 Chr. 11:44). (3.) One of the Levites "of the second degree," appointed to conduct the music on the occasion of the ark's being removed t...
  [smith] (God lives). One of the Levites appointed by David to assist in the service of the house of God. (1 Chronicles 15:18,20; 16:5) One of the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, put to death by his brother Jehoram. (2 Chron...
  [nave] JEHIEL 1. A Levite porter, 1 Chr. 15:18. Probably identical with Jehiah, above. 2. A Gershonite Levite, 1 Chr. 23:8; 29:8. 3. A companion of David's sons, 1 Chr. 27:32. 4. Son of Jehoshaphat, 2 Chr. 21:2. 5. Son of Heman...
  

• Carchemish

  [ebd] fortress of Chemosh, a city on the west bank of the Euphrates (Jer. 46:2; 2 Chr. 35:20), not, as was once supposed, the Circesium at the confluence of the Chebar and the Euphrates, but a city considerably higher up the river...
  [isbe] CARCHEMISH - kar'-ke-mish (karkemish; Charmeis, Karchameis) : An exceedingly ancient Hittite city on the banks of the Euphrates, identified with Jerablus (Hierapolis) about 23 hours from Aleppo, between Birejik and Membij. T...
  [nave] CARCHEMISH, a Babylonian city on the Euphrates, against which the king of Egypt made war, 2 Chr. 35:20; Isa. 10:9; Jer. 46:2.
  

• Josiah's Cultic Reforms

  

• The Death of Josiah

  

• 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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