June 1st
2 Chronicles, 34
Josiah
rules Judah
1: Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. 2: And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and
walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand,
nor to the left.
Josiah’s
reform.
3: For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet
young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth
year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the
groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. 4: And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and
the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the
carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of
them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. 5: And he burnt the bones of the
priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. 6: And so did he in the cities of
Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks
round about. 7: And when he had
broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into
powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he
returned to Jerusalem.
The
Law is found
8: Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had
purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and
Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to
repair the house of the LORD his God. 9:
And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that
was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had
gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel,
and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. 10: And they put it in the hand of
the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it
to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the
house: 11: Even to the
artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for
couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. 12: And the men did the work
faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of
the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites,
to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of
instruments of musick. 13: Also
they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought
the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and
officers, and porters. 14: And
when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD,
Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. 15: And Hilkiah answered and said to
Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD.
And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. 16: And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the
king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do
it. 17: And they have gathered
together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered
it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. 18: Then Shaphan the scribe told the
king, saying, ilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it
before the king. 19: And it
came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his
clothes. 20: And the king
commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah,
and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, 21: Go, inquire of the LORD for me,
and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the
book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon
us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all
that is written in this book. 22:
And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the
prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper
of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to
her to that effect. 23: And she
answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you
to me, 24: Thus saith the LORD,
Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof,
even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before
the king of Judah: 25: Because
they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might
provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall
be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. 26: And as for the king of Judah, who
sent you to inquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD
God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard; 27: Because thine heart was tender,
and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against
this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before
me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee
also, saith the LORD. 28:
Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy
grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring
upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king
word again. 29: Then the king
sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 30: And the king went up into the
house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he
read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in
the house of the LORD. 31: And
the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after
the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes,
with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant
which are written in this book. 32:
And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it.
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God
of their fathers. 33: And
Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained
to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve,
even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from
following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles, 35
Josiah’s
Passover
1: Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in
Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first
month. 2: And he set the
priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of
the LORD, 3: And 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, 4: And 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. 5: And 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. 6: So 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. 7:
And 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. 8: And 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. 9: Conaniah 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. 10:
So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the
Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment. 11: And they killed the passover, and
the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. 12: And 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. 13:
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. 14: And 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. 15: And 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. 16: So 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. 17: And the children of Israel that
were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread
seven days. 18: And 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. 19:
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
Josiah
dies
20: After 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. 21:
But 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. 22: Nevertheless 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. 23: And the archers
shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am
sore wounded. 24: His 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. 25: And 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. 26: Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness,
according to that which was written in the law of the LORD, 27: And his deeds, first and last,
behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
2 Chronicles, 36
Jehoahaz
rules Judah
1: Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of
Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. 2: Jehoahaz was twenty and three
years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3: And the king of Egypt put him down
at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a
talent of gold. 4: And the king
of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his
name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to
Egypt.
Jehoiakim
rules Judah
5: Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil
in the sight of the LORD his God. 6:
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters,
to carry him to Babylon. 7:
Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon,
and put them in his temple at Babylon. 8:
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and
that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings
of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
Jehoiakim
taken to Babylon
9: Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which
was evil in the sight of the LORD. 10:
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to
Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah
his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Zedekiah
rules Judah
11: Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to
reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12: And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his
God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the
mouth of the LORD. 13: And he
also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but
he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of
Israel. 14: Moreover all the
chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the
abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had
hallowed in Jerusalem. 15: And
the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up
betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his
dwelling place: 16: But they
mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets,
until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
Judah
taken captive
17: Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees,
who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and
had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for
age: he gave them all into his hand. 18:
And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of
the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all
these he brought to Babylon. 19:
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and
burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels
thereof. 20: And them that had
escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to
him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: 21: To fulfil the word of the LORD by
the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as
she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Cyrus
frees the captives
22: Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the
word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the
LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation
throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 23: Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia,
All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath
charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there
among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
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