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hundred oxen. Josias.
9 And Chonenias, and Semeias and 17 And the children of Israel that were found
Nathanael, his brethren, and Hasabias, and there, kept the phase at that time, and the feast
Jehiel, and Jozabad princes of the Levites, gave of unleavened seven days.
to the rest of the Levites to celebrate the phase 18 There was no phase like to this in Israel,
five thousand small cattle, and five hundred from the days of Samuel the prophet: neither did
oxen. any of all the kings of Israel keep such a phase
10 And the ministry was prepared, and the as Josias kept, with the priests, and the Levites,
priests stood in their office: the Levites also in and all Juda, and Israel that were found, and the
their companies, according to the king’s com- inhabitants of Jerusalem.
mandment. 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias
11 And the phase was immolated: and the was this phase celebrated.
priests sprinkled the blood with their hand, and 20 After that Josias had repaired the temple,
the Levites flayed the holocausts: Nechao king of Egypt came up to fight in Char-
12 And they separated them, to give them camis by the Euphrates: and Josias went out to
by the houses and families of every one, and to meet him.
be offered to the Lord, as it is written in the 21 But he sent messengers to him, saying:
book of Moses, and with the oxen they did in What have I to do with thee, O king of Juda? I
like manner. come not against thee this day, but I fight against
13 And they roasted the phase with fire, ac- another house, to which God hath commanded
cording to that which is written in the law: me to go in haste: forbear to do against God,
but the victims of peace offerings they boiled in who is with me, lest he kill thee.
caldrons, and kettles, and pots, and they dis- 22 Josias would not return, but prepared to
tributed them speedily among all the people. fight against him, and hearkened not to the
14 And afterwards they made ready for them- words of Nechao from the mouth of God, but
selves, and for the priests: for the priests were went to fight in the field of Mageddo.
busied in offering of holocausts and the fat until 23 And there he was wounded by the archers,
night, wherefore the Levites prepared for them- and he said to his servants: Carry me out of the
selves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron last. battle, for I am grievously wounded.
15 And the singers the sons of Asaph stood in 24 And they removed him from the char-
their order, according to the commandment of iot into another, that followed him after the
David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Idithun, the manner of kings, and they carried him away
prophets of the king: and the porters kept guard to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in
at every gate, so as not to depart one moment the monument of his fathers, and all Juda and
from their service, and therefore their brethren Jerusalem mourned for him,
the Levites prepared meats for them. 25 Particularly Jeremias: whose lamentations
16 So all the service of the Lord was duly ac- for Josias all the singing men and singing women
complished that day, both in keeping the phase repeat unto this day, and it became like a law in
and offering holocausts upon the altar of the Israel: Behold it is found written in the Lamen-
Lord, according to the commandment of king tations.