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2 Chronicles 35:24 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. "
2 Chronicles 35:24
Verse in Context
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22 Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and didn’t listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
23 The archers shot at King Josiah; and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, because I am seriously wounded!”
24 So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
25 Jeremiah lamented for Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel. Behold, they are written in the lamentations.
26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the LORD’s law,
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2 Chronicles 35:1
"Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem. They killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month."
2 Chronicles 35:2
"He set the priests in their offices and encouraged them in the service of the LORD’s house."
2 Chronicles 35:3
"He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to the LORD, “Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built. It will no longer be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and his people Israel."
2 Chronicles 35:4
"Prepare yourselves after your fathers’ houses by your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son."
2 Chronicles 35:5
"Stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of your brothers the children of the people, and let there be for each a portion of a fathers’ house of the Levites."
2 Chronicles 35:6
"Kill the Passover lamb, sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brothers, to do according to the LORD’s word by Moses.”"
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