1 King Josiah had a big God meal called Passover in the city. ️ They killed the lamb on day 14 of month 1. 2 Josiah put the priests in place and told them to be strong to serve God’s house. ️ 3 Josiah told the Levites, who teach the people: “Put the holy box (the ark) in God’s house that King Solomon built. You do not need to carry it now. Serve God and His people.” ️ 4 Get ready by your family groups. Do it like David and Solomon said. ✅ 5 Stand in the holy place. Stand by family groups. Help the people. ⛪♀️ 6 Kill the Passover lambs. Make yourselves clean. Get food ready for the people, like Moses wrote. ️ 7 The king gave many animals to the people: 30,000 sheep and young goats, and 3,000 cows. He gave them all. 8 The leaders gave gifts too. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel gave to the priests 2,600 sheep and goats and 300 cows. 9 Conaniah, Shemaiah, Nethanel, Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad gave to the Levites 5,000 sheep and goats and 500 cows. 10 All was ready. The priests and Levites stood in their places. ✅♀️ 11 They killed the lambs. The priests threw the blood. The Levites cut the meat. 12 They set parts for the fire for each family, like the book of Moses said. They did the same with the cows. 13 They cooked the lambs on fire. They boiled other meat in pots and pans. They gave the food fast to all the people. ️ 14 After the people ate, the Levites made food for themselves and for the priests. The priests worked with fire and fat until night. ️ 15 The singers stayed at their spots, like King David planned. The gate guards stayed at the gates. The Levites brought them food. 16 All the work for God was done that day. They kept Passover and put gifts on God’s altar, like King Josiah said. ✅ 17 The people of Israel kept Passover then. They ate flat bread for 7 days. 7️⃣ 18 A Passover like this had not happened since Samuel. No king made one like this. Josiah did it with priests, Levites, Judah, Israel, and city people. 19 This was in year 18 of King Josiah. 1️⃣8️⃣ 20 After this, King Necho of Egypt went to fight at a city called Carchemish by a big river called Euphrates. Josiah went out to stop him. ️⚔️ 21 King Necho sent a message to Josiah: “I do not want to fight you. God told me to hurry. Do not fight me. God is with me. If you fight, you will get hurt.” ✋ 22 But Josiah did not listen. He dressed like a different man and went to fight at Megiddo. The words were from God, but he did not listen. ⚔️ 23 Men with bows shot King Josiah with arrows. He said, “Take me away. I am hurt bad.” 24 They moved him to another cart and took him to Jerusalem. He died. They put him in the family tomb. All the people cried. ️⚰️ 25 God’s man Jeremiah sang a sad song for Josiah. The men and women who sing also sang sad songs. They kept this as a rule. The sad songs were written. 26 Other things Josiah did, the good things, and how he kept God’s rules, are written in a book. ✅ 27 All his stories, first and last, are in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.