H2977G–יֹאשִׁיָּ֫הוּ–yo.shiy.yah

And by the order of the Lord he made an outcry against the altar, saying, O altar, altar, the Lord has said, From the seed of David will come a child, named Josiah, and on you he will put to death the priests of the high places, who are burning offerings

יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “[will be] Josiah”

But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against the king, and made Josiah his son king in his place.

יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

He was put in his last resting-place in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son became king in his place.

יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

Josiah was eight years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years; his mother's name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.

יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

Now in the eighteenth year after he became king, Josiah sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying to him,

יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

Then Josiah, turning round, saw on the mountain the places of the dead, and he sent and had the bones taken out of their places and burned on the altar, so making it unclean, as the Lord had said by the man of God when Jeroboam was in his place by the al

יֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

Then Josiah took away all the houses of the high places in the towns of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had put up, moving the Lord to wrath, and he did with them as he had done in Beth-el.

יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

In the eighteenth year of the rule of King Josiah this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.

יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

And all those who had control of spirits, and the wonder-workers, and the images, and the false gods, and all the disgusting things which were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah put away, so that he might give effect to the words of the a

יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?

יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

In his days, Pharaoh-necoh, king of Egypt, sent his armies against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went out against him; and he put him to death at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

יֹאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

And his servants took his body in a carriage from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and put him into the earth there. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and put the holy oil on him and made him king in place of his father.

יֹ֣אשִׁיָּ֔הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

Then Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim, the son of Josiah, king in place of Josiah his father, changing his name to Jehoiakim; but Jehoahaz he took away to Egypt, where he was till his death.

יֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

Amon his son, Josiah his son.

יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

And the sons of Josiah: the oldest Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

יֹאשִׁיָּ֔הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against King Amon, and made his son Josiah king in his place.

יֹאשִׁיָּ֥הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

Josiah was eight years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years.

יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

Josiah took away all the disgusting things out of all the lands of the children of Israel, and made all who were in Israel servants of the Lord their God. And as long as he was living they were true to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֜הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

And Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem; on the fourteenth day of the first month they put the Passover lamb to death.

יֹאשִׁיָּ֧הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

And Josiah gave lambs and goats from the flock as Passover offerings for all the people who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand oxen: these were from the king's private property.

יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

So everything needed for the worship of the Lord was made ready that same day, for the keeping of the Passover and the offering of burned offerings on the altar of the Lord, as King Josiah had given orders.

יֹאשִׁיָּֽהוּ׃ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

No Passover like it had been kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; and not one of the kings of Israel had ever kept a Passover like the one kept by Josiah and the priests and the Levites and all those of Judah and Israel who were present, a

יֹֽ֠אשִׁיָּהוּ Yo.shi.ya.hu “Josiah”

In the eighteenth year of the rule of Josiah this Passover was kept.

יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

After all this, and after Josiah had put the house in order, Neco, king of Egypt, went up to make war at Carchemish by the river Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.

יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”יֹאשִׁיָּֽהוּ׃ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”

However, Josiah would not go back; but keeping to his purpose of fighting against him, and giving no attention to the words of Neco, which came from God, he went forward to the fight in the valley of Megiddo.

יֹאשִׁיָּ֨הוּ yo.shi.Ya.hu “Josiah”