2 Crônicas 35

1Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

2And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD ,

nm 18:5,7

3And 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,

Nos dias do Moisés, um dos deveres dos levita era o de carregar o arca do pacto cada vez que o Israel se transladava. "Ponham o arca Santa na casa que edificou Salomão" implica que pôde ter sido removida durante os reinados dos reis malvados anteriores, Manasés e Amón. O arca agora estaria se localizada no templo em forma definitiva e já não seria carregada daqui para lá em procissões, como foi no deserto. Josías simplesmente estava dizendo aos levita que agora tinham liberdade para tomar outras responsabilidades (1 Crônicas 24).

4And 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.

5And 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.

ed 6:18

sl 134:1

sl 135:2

6So 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.

7And 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.

8And 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.

9Conaniah 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.

10So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment.

2cr 35:4,5

2cr 30:16

ed 6:18

11And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them .

12And 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.

13And 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.

14And 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.

at 6:2,4

15And 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.

Os porteiros do templo, todos eles levita, guardavam as quatro entradas principais do templo e abriam as portas cada manhã. Além disso faziam outros deveres diários tais como limpar e preparar as oferendas para o sacrifício e administrar os pressente oferendados ao templo. (Para mais informação a respeito dos porteiros, veja-se 1 Crônicas 26.1ss.)

16So 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.

17And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.

A Festa dos Pães sem Levedura era uma celebração de sete dias que começava ao dia seguinte da Páscoa. Ao igual à Páscoa, comemorava o êxodo do Egito. Durante sete dias o povo comia pão sem levedura da mesma maneira que o fizeram seus antepassados quando saíram do Egito. Este pão, ao fazer-se rapidamente, permitia sua elaboração junto com os preparativos para sua saída repentina do Egito (Exo 12:14-20). Esta festa recordava ao povo que tinha deixado atrás a escravidão e tinha chegado à terra que Deus lhe tinha prometido.

18And 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.

2rs 23:21,23

2cr 30:26,27

2cr 30:5

19In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.

20After 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.

2rs 23:29,30

is 10:9

jr 46:2,12

Este acontecimento ocorreu em 609 a.C. Nínive, a capital assíria, tinha sido destruída três anos antes pelos babilonios. Derrotado-los assírios se reagruparam em Farão e Carquemis, mas Babilônia enviou seu exército para destruir os de uma vez por todas. O Faraó Necao, quem queria fazer do Egito uma potência mundial, estava preocupado a respeito da crescente força babilônica, assim enviou a seu exército para o norte cruzando pelo Judá para ajudar aos assírios no Carquemis. Mas o rei Josías procurou evitar que Necao passasse por sua terra, caminho ao Carquemis. Josías foi morto, e Judá foi submetida ao Egito (2Ki 23:25-30 ajuda a explicar a tragédia. Mesmo que Josías seguiu ao Senhor, Deus não trocou seu julgamento sobre o Judá pelo pecado do Manasés e o arrependimento superficial do Israel). Necao continuou ao Carquemis e manteve aos babilonios a distancia durante quatro anos, mas em 605 foi completamente derrotado e Babilônia se colocou no centro da atenção mundial como potência dominante.A BATALHA NO CARQUEMIS : Em 609 a.C. se gerava uma guerra mundial quando o Faraó ecao do Egito saiu para a cidade do Carquemis para unir-se aos assírios em um intento por derrotar aos babilonios que estavam voltando-se muito poderosos. Necao partiu com seus exércitos através do Judá, onde o rei Josías tratou de detê-lo no Meguido, mas foi morto. A batalha começou no Carquemis em 605 a.C. e os egípcios e assírios foram derrotados grandemente, perseguidos até o Hamat e derrotados outra vez. Babilônia era agora a nova potência mundial.

21But 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.

22Nevertheless 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.

23And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.

24His 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.

25And 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.

Apesar de que Jeremías registrou estes lamentos pela morte do Josías, não são quão mesmos o livro de Lamentações.

26Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD ,

2cr 31:20

2cr 32:32

27And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.