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Emily: Welcome To Immerse: The
Daily Bible Reading Experience.

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Day 300 and 47

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Manasa was 12 years old
when he became king, and he

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reigned in Jerusalem 55 years.

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He did what was evil in the Lord's
sight following the detestable

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practices of the pagan nations that
the Lord had driven from the land.

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A ahead of the Israelites.

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He rebuilt the pagan shrines.

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His father Hezekiah had broken down.

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He constructed altars for the images
of Baal and set up a Shira poles.

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He also bowed before all the powers
of the heavens and worshiped them.

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He built pagan altars in
the temple of the Lord.

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The place where the Lord had said my
name will remain in Jerusalem forever.

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He built these altars for all
the powers of the heavens in both

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courtyards of the Lord's temple.

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Manasa also sacrificed his own sons
in the fire in the valley of Ben Ham.

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He practiced sorcery, divination,
and witchcraft, and he consulted

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with mediums and psychics.

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He did much that was
evil in the Lord's sight.

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Arousing his anger.

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Vanessa even took a carved idol
he had made and set it up in God's

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temple, the very place where God
had told David and his son Solomon.

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My name will be honored forever
in this temple and in Jerusalem.

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The city I have chosen from among all
the tribes of Israel, if the Israelites

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will be careful to obey my commands,
all the laws, decrees and regulations

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given through Moses, I will not
send them into exile from this land

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that I set aside for your ancestors.

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But Manasses led the people of
Judah and Jerusalem to do even more

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evil than the pagan nations that
the Lord had destroyed when the

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people of Israel entered the land.

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The Lord spoke to and his people,
but they ignored all his warnings.

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So the Lord sent the commanders of the
Assyrian armies and they took prisoner.

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They put a ring through his
nose, bound him in bronze chains

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and led him away to Babylon.

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But while in deep distress,
Manassas sought the Lord his God,

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and sincerely humbled himself
before the God of his ancestors.

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When he prayed, the Lord listened
to him and was moved by his request.

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So the Lord brought Manasses back
to Jerusalem and to his kingdom.

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Then Manasses finally realized
that the Lord alone is God.

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After this Manasa rebuilt the outer wall
of the city of David from the west of

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the Gahan spring in the Kidron Valley to
the fish gate, and continuing around the

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hill of Al, he built the wall very high.

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He stationed his military officers in
all of the fortified towns of Judah.

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Manasa also removed the foreign gods
and the idol from the Lord's temple.

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He tore down all the altars he had built
on the hill where the temple stood and

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all the altars that were in Jerusalem,
and he dumped them outside the city.

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Then he restored the altar of the
Lord and sacrificed peace offerings

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and Thanksgiving offerings on it.

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He also encouraged the people of Judah
to worship the Lord, the God of Israel.

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However, the people still
sacrificed at the pagan shrines,

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though only to the Lord their God.

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The rest of the events of Manassas reign,
his prayer to God and the words the

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Sears spoke to him in the name of the
Lord, the God of Israel, are recorded

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in the Book of the Kings of Israel.

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Man's prayer.

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The account of the way God answered
him and an account of all his sins

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and unfaithfulness are recorded
in the record of the Sears.

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It includes a list of the locations
where he built pagan shrines and set

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up a Shira poles and idols before
he humbled himself and repented.

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When Manas died, he was buried
in his palace, then his son.

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A amen became the next king.

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Am.

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Amen was 22 years old when he became King
and he reigned in Jerusalem two years.

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He did what was evil in the Lord's sight
just as his father Manasa had done.

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He worshiped and sacrificed to
all the idols his father had made.

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But unlike his father, he did not
humble himself before the Lord.

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Instead.

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Amen.

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Sinned even more.

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Then a amen's own officials conspired
against him and assassinated him

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in his palace, but the people of
the land killed all those who had

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conspired against King a amen.

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And they made his son
Josiah, the next king.

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Josiah was eight years old
when he became king, and he

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reigned in Jerusalem 31 years.

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He did what was pleasing in the
Lord's sight and followed the

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example of his ancestor David.

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He did not turn away from doing what was
right during the eighth year of his reign.

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While he was still young, Josiah began
to seek the God of his ancestor, David.

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Then in the 12th year, he began to
purify Judah and Jerusalem destroying

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all the pagan shrines, the ashera poles,
and the carved idols and cast images.

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He ordered that the altars of Baal be
demolished and that the incense altars,

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which stood above them be broken down.

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He also made sure that the ashera poles,
the carved idols and the cast images were

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smashed and scattered over the graves
of those who had sacrificed to them.

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He burned the bones of the pagan
priests on their own altars, and

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so he purified Judah and Jerusalem.

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He did the same thing in the
towns of Manasa, RAAM, and Simeon,

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even as far as Naftali and in
the regions all around them.

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He destroyed the pagan altars
and the ashera poles, and he

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crushed the idols into dust.

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He cut down all the incense altars
throughout the land of Israel.

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Finally, he returned to Jerusalem
in the 18th year of his reign.

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After he had purified the land and
the temple, Josiah appointed Shahan,

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son of Zelaya Maia, the governor
of Jerusalem, and Joah son of Joah,

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has the royal historian to repair
the temple of the Lord his God.

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They gave Hima the high priest
the money that had been collected

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by the Levites who served as
gatekeepers at the temple of God.

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The gifts were brought by people from
Manasa, RAAM, and from all the remnant

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of Israel, as well as from all Judah,
Benjamin, and the people of Jerusalem.

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He entrusted the money to the
men assigned to supervise the

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restoration of the Lord's temple.

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Then they paid the workers who did the
repairs and renovation of the temple.

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They hired carpenters and builders.

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Who purchased finished stone
for the walls and timber for the

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rafters and beams, they restored.

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What earlier kings of Judah
had allowed to fall into ruin.

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The workers served faithfully under
the leadership of j Hath and Obadiah

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levies of the Marai clan and Zachariah
and Machu Levites of the Kohe clan.

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Other Levites, all of whom were
skilled musicians were put in charge

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of the laborers of the various trades.

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Still others assisted as secretaries,
officials, and gatekeepers.

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While they were bringing out the
money collected at the Lord's Temple

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Hilah, the priest found the book of
the Law of the Lord that was written

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by Moses Hilah, said to Shahan the
court secretary, I have found the

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book of the law in the Lord's temple.

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Then Hilah gave the scroll to Shahan.

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Shahan took the scroll to the king
and reported your officials are doing

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everything they were assigned to do.

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The money that was collected at the
temple of the Lord has been turned

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over to the supervisors and workman.

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Shahan also told the King Hillah,
the priest has given me a scroll.

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So Shahan read it to the king.

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When the king heard what was written in
the law, he tore his clothes in despair.

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Then he gave these orders to Hilah,
a chem son of Shahan, AK Bor, son of

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Makaya, Shahan, the court secretary
and Isaiah the King's personal advisor.

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Go to the temple and speak to
the Lord for me and for all the

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remnant of Israel and Judah.

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Inquire about the words written
in the scroll that has been found.

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For the Lord's great anger has been
poured out on us because our ancestors

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have not obeyed the word of the Lord.

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We have not been doing everything
this scroll says we must do.

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So Hilah and the other men went
to the new quarter of Jerusalem

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to consult with the prophet Halda.

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She was the wife of Shalom,
son of Tikva, son of Haha, the

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keeper of the temple wardrobe.

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She said to them, the Lord,
the God of Israel has spoken.

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Go back and tell the man who sent you.

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This is what the Lord says.

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I am going to bring disaster
on this city and its people.

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All the curses written in the scroll
that was read to the King of Judah will

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come true for my people have abandoned
me and offered sacrifices to pagan gods.

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And I am very angry with them
for everything they have done.

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My anger will be poured out on this
place and it will not be quenched.

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But go to the King of Judah who sent
you to seek the Lord and tell him

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this is what the Lord the God of
Israel says concerning the message.

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You have just heard you were
sorry and humbled yourself before

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God when you heard his words
against this city and its people.

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You humbled yourself and tore
your clothing in despair and wept

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before me in repentance, and I have
indeed heard you, says the Lord.

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So I will not send the promised
disaster until after you have

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died and been buried in peace.

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You yourself will not see the
disaster I am going to bring

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on this city and its people.

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So they took her message back to the king.

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Then the king summoned all the elders
of Judah and Jerusalem, and the king

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went up to the temple of the Lord with
all the people of Judah and Jerusalem,

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along with the priests and the Levites,
all the people from the greatest to

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the least there, the King read to them
the entire book of the Covenant that

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had been found in the Lord's temple.

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The king took his place of authority
beside the pillar and renewed the

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covenant in the Lord's presence.

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He pledged to obey the Lord by
keeping all his commands, laws, and

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decrees with all his heart and soul.

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He promised to obey all the terms of
the covenant that were written in the

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scroll, and he required everyone in
Jerusalem and the people of Benjamin

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to make a similar pledge the people of
Jerusalem did so renewing their covenant

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with God, the God of their ancestors.

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So Josiah removed all detestable idols
from the entire land of Israel and

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required everyone to worship the Lord
their God, and throughout the rest of

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his lifetime, they did not turn away from
the Lord, the God of their ancestors.

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The then Josiah announced that
the Passover of the Lord would be

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celebrated in Jerusalem, and so the
Passover lamb was slaughtered on

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the 14th day of the first month.

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Josiah also assigned the priests to
their duties and encouraged them in

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their work at the temple of the Lord.

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He issued this order to the Levites
who were to teach all Israel and who

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had been set apart to serve the Lord.

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Put the Holy Ark in the temple
that was built by Solomon, son

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of David, the King of Israel.

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You no longer need to carry it
back and forth on your shoulders.

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Now, spend your time serving the
Lord, your God, and his people Israel.

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Report for duty according to the family,
divisions of your ancestors, following

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the directions of King David, of Israel,
and the directions of his son Solomon.

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Then stand in the sanctuary at the place
appointed for your family division, and

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help the families assigned to you as
they bring their offerings to the temple.

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Slaughter the Passover lambs purify
yourselves and prepare to help those

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who come follow all the directions
that the Lord gave through Moses.

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Then Josiah provided 30,000 lambs and
young goats for the people's Passover

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offerings, a along with 3000 cattle, all
from the king's own flocks and herds.

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The King's officials also made
willing contributions to the

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people, priests and Levites.

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Aya, Zechariah and Jaha, the
administrators of God's temple, gave

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the priests 2,600 lambs and young goats
and 300 cattle as Passover offerings.

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The Levite leaders, Kanaya and his
brothers Shaea, and Nathaniel, as well

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as has Shabiah and Jbad, gave 5,000 lambs
and young goats and 500 cattle to the

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Levites for their Passover offerings.

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When everything was ready for the Passover
celebration, the priests and the Levites

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took their places organized by their
divisions as the king had commanded.

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The Levites then slaughtered
the Passover lambs and presented

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the blood to the priests who
sprinkled the blood on the altar.

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While the Levites prepared the animals,
they divided the burnt offerings among

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the people by their family groups
so they could offer them to the Lord

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as prescribed in the book of Moses.

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They did the same with the cattle.

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Then they roasted the Passover lambs
as prescribed, and they boiled the

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holy offerings in pots, kettles, and
pans, and brought them out quickly so

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the people could eat them afterward.

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The Levites prepared Passover
offerings for themselves and for the

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priests, the descendants of Aaron,
because the priests had been busy

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from morning till night, offering the
burnt offerings and the fat portions.

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The Levites took responsibility
for all these preparations.

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The musicians, descendants of Asaf
were in their assigned places following

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the commands that had been given
by David Asaf, Heman, and Juhan.

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The king's seer, the gatekeepers,
guarded the gates and did not

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need to leave their posts of duty
for their Passover offerings.

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Were prepared for them
by their fellow Levites.

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The entire ceremony for the Lord's
Passover was completed that day.

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All the burned offerings were
sacrificed on the altar of the Lord.

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As King Josiah had commanded all
the Israelites present in Jerusalem,

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celebrated Passover and the festival
of unleavened bread for seven days.

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Never since the time of the Prophet
Samuel had there been such a Passover.

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None of the kings of Israel had
ever kept a Passover as Josiah did.

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Involving all the priests and Levites,
all the people of Jerusalem, and

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people from all over Judah and Israel.

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This Passover was celebrated in
the 18th year of Josiah's reign.

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After Josiah had finished restoring the
temple, king Niko of Egypt led his army

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up from Egypt to do battle at Carish
on the Euphrates River, and Josiah

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and his army marched out to fight him.

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But King Nico sent messengers
to Josiah with this message.

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What do you want with me, king of Judah?

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I have no quarrel with you today.

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I am on my way to fight another
nation and God has told me to hurry.

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Do not interfere with God who is
with me, or he will destroy you.

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But Josiah refused to listen
to Nico, to whom God had indeed

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spoken and he would not turn back.

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Instead, he disguised himself and led
his army into battle on the plane of

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Megiddo, but the enemy archers hit King
Josiah with their arrows and wounded him.

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He cried out to his men.

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Take me from the battle
for I am badly wounded.

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So they lifted Josiah out of his chariot
and placed him in another chariot.

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Then they brought him back
to Jerusalem where he died.

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He was buried there in the
Royal Cemetery, and all Judah

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and Jerusalem mourned for him.

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The prophet Jeremiah composed
funeral songs for Josiah, and

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to this day, choirs still sing
these sad songs about his death.

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These songs of sorrow have
become a tradition and are

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recorded in the book of laments.

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The rest of the events of Josiah's
reign and his acts of devotion carried

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out according to what was written in
the law of the Lord from beginning

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to end all are recorded in the Book
of the Kings of Israel and Judah.