11
And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled
the blood taken from the hands of the Levites
who flayed
them.
12
And they took away
part of the animals that they had for the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, for them to offer unto the LORD, as
it is written in the book of Moses. And
they did, likewise, with the oxen.
13
And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance, but that which had been sanctified, they cooked in pots and in caldrons and in pans and divided
them speedily among all the people.
14
And afterward they prepared for themselves and for the priests because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were occupied in the sacrifice of the burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore, the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron.
15
Likewise, 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; it was not necessary for them to depart from their ministry, for their brethren, the Levites, prepared for them.
16
So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover and to sacrifice the burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of King Josiah.
17
And the sons of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time and the solemn feast of unleavened bread for seven days.
18
And there was no passover like unto that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel, the prophet; neither did any of 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, together with all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
19
In the year eighteen of the reign of Josiah, this passover was kept.
20
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the house, Necho, king of Egypt, came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.
21
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah?
I do not
come against thee this day, but against the house that makes war with me, for God commanded me to make haste. Forbear from
meddling with God, who
is with me, that he not destroy thee.