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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.

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;

And your heart was soft, and you made yourself low before God, on hearing his words about this place and its people, and with weeping and signs of grief have made yourself low before me, I have given ear to you, says the Lord God.

Verse ConceptsHardness Of HeartHumilityRobesHumility, Examples Of

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.

Then they sent [word] to the king, and he gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both 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 Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsReading

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.

Verse ConceptsReligion

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.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodGuarantee

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.

Verse ConceptsAbolitionReformation

Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Verse ConceptsYearsThe Number Fourteen

And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofpriests

And he said to the Levites, that taught all Israel, and who were holy to Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built; ye have not to carry it upon your shoulders. Serve now Jehovah your God, and his people Israel;

Verse ConceptsArk Of The Covenant, EventsHoliness, As Set Apart For GodHoliness, Purpose OfPriests, Types Of In Nt TimesThe Ark In The TempleArk Of The Covenant

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.

Verse ConceptsWriting

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.

Verse Conceptsdivision

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.

Verse ConceptsPassover lamb

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.

Verse ConceptsThree Thousand And UpThirty Thousand And Up

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.

Verse ConceptsTwo ThousandThree Hundred And Above

and Conaniah, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave as heave-offering to the Levites for the passover-offerings five thousand small cattle and five hundred oxen.

Verse ConceptsHeadsFour To Five HundredFive ThousandFour And Five Hundred

So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment.

And they put the Passover lambs to death, the blood being drained out by the priests when it was given to them, and the Levites did the skinning.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambSprinklingSkinning

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.

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.

Verse ConceptsPassover lambBanquets, Events CelebratedCaldrons

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.

Verse ConceptsGatekeepersMusicMusiciansSingersSeersSingingPorters

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.

Verse ConceptsThe Altar Of The Lord

The Israelis who were present celebrated the Passover that day, as well as the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

Verse ConceptsFeastingWeeks

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.

In the eighteenth year to the kingdom of Josiah was done this passover.

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.

Verse ConceptsempiresRivers And StreamsRiver Euphrates

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.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationResistanceHasteWhat Have We In Common?

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.

And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

Verse ConceptsArchers, Men Shot By

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.

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.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLamentingSongsTraditionsWritingBooksMournersanniversary

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfLoyalty

and his acts, from the first to the last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. Cross references: 2 Chronicles 35:25 : Lam 4:20 end of crossrefs

And the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and cause him to reign instead of his father in Jerusalem.

Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsAge When Crowned

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 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.

Verse ConceptsTen To Fourteen YearsAge When Crowned

Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

Verse ConceptsBronze Shackles

Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and the disgusting things he did, and all there is to be said against him, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.

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.

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.

Verse ConceptsSacrilege

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsTen To Fourteen Years

and he did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God; he didn't humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet [speaking] from the mouth of Yahweh.

Verse ConceptsWord Of God

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take oath by God; and he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from returning to Jehovah the God of Israel.

Verse ConceptsRebellion, Against Human AuthorityStiffnecked People

All the chiefs of the priests also, and the people, increased their transgressions, according to all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of Jehovah which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfUnfaithfulness, To GodPollutions

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:

Verse ConceptsGod, Suffering OfMediatorRejection Of GodSpeech, Divine

And He causeth to go up against them the king of the Chaldeans, and he slayeth their chosen ones by the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and hath had no pity on young man and virgin, old man and very aged -- the whole He hath given into his hand.

Verse ConceptsKingsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtArmies, Against IsraelBrutality

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.

Verse ConceptsTributesHoly VesselsSacred Vessels

And they burned the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all the palaces thereof with fire, and all the precious vessels thereof were given up to destruction.

Verse ConceptsFortificationsBattering ramsPalacesWallsConflagrationsDestruction Of Jerusalem's Wall

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:

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToBabylonRemnantTravelExile Of Judah To Babylon

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.

Verse ConceptsProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtSeventy70 To 80 Years

And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,

Verse ConceptsHuman WillHeart, Human

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.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfKingdomsThe Second TempleGod Be With You

And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah from the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,

Verse ConceptsHuman WillProclamationsImpulsesWords To Individuals FulfilledThe First Temple

Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Verse ConceptsKingdomsThe Second TempleResponsibility

Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsGod Be With You

And every one who is left, of any of the places where he is a sojourner, assist him do the men of his place with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, along with a free-will offering for the house of God, that is in Jerusalem.'

Verse ConceptsCollectionsGiving To The PoorFree Will

Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsHouse Of GodPriests, Institution In Ot TimesTribes Of IsraelImpulsesMoving To A New Placejerusalem

All their neighbors supported them with silver articles, gold, goods, livestock, and valuables, in addition to all that was given as a freewill offering.

Verse ConceptsGiving To The Poor

And Cyrus king of Persia brought them forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

Verse ConceptsGovernorsPrincesTreasurer

All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. The whole did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonFive ThousandThose who returned from exile

And these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city,

Verse ConceptsReturn From BabylonJudaismProvincesExile Of Judah To BabylonThose who returned from exile

The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.

Verse ConceptsTwo Thousand

The sons of Ater pertaining to Hezekiah, ninety-eight;

Verse ConceptsThe Number NinetyNineties

The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

Verse ConceptsThousands

The priests: the sons of Jedaiah to the house of Joshua, nine hundred seventy and three.

Verse ConceptsSeven To Nine Hundred

The Levites: the sons of Joshua and Kadmiel, to the sons of Hodaviah, seventy and four.

Verse ConceptsSeventies

And these are those going up from Tel-Melah, Tel-Harsa, Cherub, Addan, Immer, and they have not been able to declare the house of their fathers, and their seed, whether they are of Israel:

The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two.

Verse ConceptsSix To Seven HundredSix Hundred And Above

And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who was married to one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and took their name.

Verse ConceptsPeople Renaming PeopleTaking A Wife

They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen; so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.

Verse ConceptsDeposed Priests

And the Tirshatha said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

Verse ConceptsMinistry, Nature OfThe Urim And ThummimUrim And Thummim

The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

Verse ConceptsForty Thousand And Up

Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.

Verse ConceptsMusicSingersSingingThe Number Two HundredSeven ThousandGroups Of Slaves

And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:

Verse ConceptsFreewill OfferingHouse Of GodFree Will

They gave after their ability to the treasure of the work sixty-one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' coats.

Verse ConceptsGiving, Of PossessionsCoinageGoldStoringCoinsOne HundredPriests GarmentsLarge DenominationsMoney For The Temple

As a result, the priests, descendants of Levi, certain people, the singers, door-keepers, and the Temple Servants were able to settle in their original cities, with the rest of the Israelis in their cities.

Verse ConceptsGatekeepersOccupationsCities In Israel

And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsAssemblyJerusalem, History OfAutumnUnified PeopleMonth 7Months

Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.

Verse ConceptsMoses, Significance OfParticipation, In ChristBuilding AltarsSetting Up The Bronze AltarWritten In The Law

And they set the altar on its base; for fear was upon them because of the people of the countries; and they offered up burnt-offerings on it to Jehovah, the morning and evening burnt-offerings.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsBurnt offeringSacrifice, In OtAnimal Sacrifices, BurntAt Morning And EveningSetting Up The Bronze AltarFear Of Enemies

They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;

Verse ConceptsFeastingFeast Of TabernaclesDaily Duty