INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES This, and the preceding, were but one book originally, but divided into two because of the size of it, so that this is only a continuation of the former history; that ends at the death of David; this begins with the reign of Solomon, goes through that, and the reigns of all the kings of the house of David; of the kings of Judah only, after the separation of the ten …
1Josías celebró la pascua a Jehová en Jerusalén, y sacrificaron la pascua a los catorce días del mes primero.
2Puso también a los sacerdotes en sus oficios, y los confirmó en el ministerio de la casa de Jehová.
3Y dijo a los levitas que enseñaban a todo Israel, y que estaban dedicados a Jehová: Poned el arca santa en la casa que edificó Salomón hijo de David, rey de Israel, para que no la carguéis más sobre los hombros. Ahora servid a Jehová vuestro Dios, y a su pueblo Israel.
4Preparaos según las familias de vuestros padres, por vuestros turnos, como lo ordenaron David rey de Israel y Salomón su hijo.
5Estad en el santuario según la distribución de las familias de vuestros hermanos los hijos del pueblo, y según la distribución de la familia de los levitas.
6Sacrificad luego la pascua; y después de santificaros, preparad a vuestros hermanos para que hagan conforme a la palabra de Jehová dada por medio de Moisés.
7Y dio el rey Josías a los del pueblo ovejas, corderos y cabritos de los rebaños, en número de treinta mil, y tres mil bueyes, todo para la pascua, para todos los que se hallaron presentes; esto de la hacienda del rey.
8También sus príncipes dieron con liberalidad al pueblo y a los sacerdotes y levitas. Hilcías, Zacarías y Jehiel, oficiales de la casa de Dios, dieron a los sacerdotes, para celebrar la pascua, dos mil seiscientas ovejas y trescientos bueyes.
9Asimismo Conanías, y Semaías y Natanael sus hermanos, y Hasabías, Jeiel y Josabad, jefes de los levitas, dieron a los levitas, para los sacrificios de la pascua, cinco mil ovejas y quinientos bueyes.
10Preparado así el servicio, los sacerdotes se colocaron en sus puestos, y asimismo los levitas en sus turnos, conforme al mandamiento del rey.
11Y sacrificaron la pascua; y esparcían los sacerdotes la sangre recibida de mano de los levitas, y los levitas desollaban las víctimas.
12Tomaron luego del holocausto, para dar conforme a los repartimientos de las familias del pueblo, a fin de que ofreciesen a Jehová según está escrito en el libro de Moisés; y asimismo tomaron de los bueyes.
13Y asaron la pascua al fuego conforme a la ordenanza; mas lo que había sido santificado lo cocieron en ollas, en calderos y sartenes, y lo repartieron rápidamente a todo el pueblo.
14Después prepararon para ellos mismos y para los sacerdotes; porque los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón, estuvieron ocupados hasta la noche en el sacrificio de los holocaustos y de las grosuras; por tanto, los levitas prepararon para ellos mismos y para los sacerdotes hijos de Aarón.
15Asimismo los cantores hijos de Asaf estaban en su puesto, conforme al mandamiento de David, de Asaf y de Hemán, y de Jedutún vidente del rey; también los porteros estaban a cada puerta; y no era necesario que se apartasen de su ministerio, porque sus hermanos los levitas preparaban para ellos.
16Así fue preparado todo el servicio de Jehová en aquel día, para celebrar la pascua y para sacrificar los holocaustos sobre el altar de Jehová, conforme al mandamiento del rey Josías.
17Y los hijos de Israel que estaban allí celebraron la pascua en aquel tiempo, y la fiesta solemne de los panes sin levadura por siete días.
18Nunca fue celebrada una pascua como esta en Israel desde los días de Samuel el profeta; ni ningún rey de Israel celebró pascua tal como la que celebró el rey Josías, con los sacerdotes y levitas, y todo Judá e Israel, los que se hallaron allí, juntamente con los moradores de Jerusalén.
19Esta pascua fue celebrada en el año dieciocho del rey Josías.
20Después de todas estas cosas, luego de haber reparado Josías la casa de Jehová, Necao rey de Egipto subió para hacer guerra en Carquemis junto al Éufrates; y salió Josías contra él.
21Y Necao le envió mensajeros, diciendo: ¿Qué tengo yo contigo, rey de Judá? Yo no vengo contra ti hoy, sino contra la casa que me hace guerra; y Dios me ha dicho que me apresure. Deja de oponerte a Dios, quien está conmigo, no sea que él te destruya.
22Mas Josías no se retiró, sino que se disfrazó para darle batalla, y no atendió a las palabras de Necao, que eran de boca de Dios; y vino a darle batalla en el campo de Meguido.
23Y los flecheros tiraron contra el rey Josías. Entonces dijo el rey a sus siervos: Quitadme de aquí, porque estoy gravemente herido.
24Entonces sus siervos lo sacaron de aquel carro, y lo pusieron en un segundo carro que tenía, y lo llevaron a Jerusalén, donde murió; y lo sepultaron en los sepulcros de sus padres. Y todo Judá y Jerusalén hicieron duelo por Josías.
25Y Jeremías endechó en memoria de Josías. Todos los cantores y cantoras recitan esas lamentaciones sobre Josías hasta hoy; y las tomaron por norma para endechar en Israel, las cuales están escritas en el libro de Lamentos.
26Los demás hechos de Josías, y sus obras piadosas conforme a lo que está escrito en la ley de Jehová,
27y sus hechos, primeros y postreros, he aquí están escritos en el libro de los reyes de Israel y de Judá.
JOHN GILL BIBLE COMMENTARY
I
Versículo 1
I. Moreover, Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem,.... Where only it was to be kept:
Moreover, Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem,.... Where only it was to be kept:
and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month; the month Nisan, as the Targum, which was the exact time of killing the passover lamb, according to the law of Moses, Exodus 12:6, in the Vulgate Latin version of the Apocrypha in:"And Josias held the feast of the passover in Jerusalem unto his Lord, and offered the passover the fourteenth day of the first month;'' (1 Esdras 1:1)it is called the fourteenth moon of the first month; a phrase often used in ecclesiastical writers, when speaking of the time of the passover; and so we now call one of the days of the week "dies lunae", Monday.
II
Versículo 2
II. And he set the priests in their charges,.... In their offices, and in their proper places, to exe…
And he set the priests in their charges,.... In their offices, and in their proper places, to execute them:
and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord; to attend it with cheerfulness and constancy, and do it according to the will of God, promising his favour and protection.
III
Versículo 3
III. And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel,.... Whose business it was to go through the sev…
And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel,.... Whose business it was to go through the several tribes, and instruct them in the knowledge of God, his word and worship, statutes and ordinances. In an ancient MS. mentioned by Junius, it is read, "who prepared for all Israel the holy things", &c.
which were holy unto the Lord; who were consecrated to the name of the Lord, as the Targum, dedicated to his worship and service; or it may signify the holy things they taught or prepared:
these put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; which some think was removed from thence by Amon, and an idol put in its room, which is the greater trespass he is said to be guilty of, 2 Chronicles 33:23 others, that it was privately removed by the high priest in idolatrous times, and laid up in some secret place for the preservation of it; but rather the truth is, that it had been removed by the order of Josiah, for the sake of the repairs of the most holy place; and this being done, he orders it to be replaced; and though the Levites might not go into the holy of holies, yet they could carry it to the entrance of the holy place, and the priests from thence to the door of the most holy place, where the high priest could receive it, and fix it in its proper place:
it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders; it was not now to be carried from place to place, having a fixed abode in the most holy place, and therefore they were at leisure to attend other service:
serve now the Lord your God, and his people Israel; by singing the praises of God, and slaying the passover lambs for the people.
IV
Versículo 4
IV. And prepare yourselves,.... To do their work in this service of the sanctuary, the passover; that…
And prepare yourselves,.... To do their work in this service of the sanctuary, the passover; that they be ready to do it, and diligent in it, and perform it according to the law of God:
by the houses of your fathers, after your courses; such of them whose turn in course it was to officiate:
according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son; who had given in writing directions in what manner their courses should be observed, see 1 Chronicles 23:1.
V
Versículo 5
V. And stand in the holy place,.... The court of the priests, where their ministrations were:
And stand in the holy place,.... The court of the priests, where their ministrations were:
according to the divisions of the families of your brethren the people; of the other tribes, who were according to their families to provide a lamb for the passover:
and after the division of the families of the Levites; who were obliged to observe the same ordinance in their respective families, and for whom, as well as for the other families of Israel, they were to slay the lamb.
VI
Versículo 6
VI. So kill the passover,.... In the manner, time, and place, and for the persons it should be killed:
So kill the passover,.... In the manner, time, and place, and for the persons it should be killed:
and sanctify yourselves: by washing themselves and garments, that they might be fit for this service:
and prepare your brethren; prepare a lamb for your brethren, or instruct them how to perform their office that needed instruction:
that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses; celebrate the ordinance of the passover in all its rites, according to the law of Moses, at least in every rite in which they were more peculiarly concerned.
VII
Versículo 7
VII. And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings,.... …
And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings,.... Which be either lambs or kids of the goats, Exodus 12:5, for all that were present, to the number of 30,000; that is, 30,000 lambs or kids, which would serve 30,000 families:
and three thousand bullocks; these were for the "chagigah" or feast, kept on the day following the passover:
these were of the king's substance; taken out of his flocks and herds, or bought with his money, and liberally given to the people, to such poor families as could not afford well to be at the expense of such a festival.
VIII
Versículo 8
VIII. And his princes gave willingly to the people, to the priests and the Levites,.... Besides, to som…
And his princes gave willingly to the people, to the priests and the Levites,.... Besides, to some other families, they gave also to poor priests and Levites, which the king's bounty did not extend to; and these princes were not secular, but ecclesiastical princes, as follows:
Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Jehiel, rulers of the house; of the temple; Hilkiah was high priest, and the other two were chief priests, the one of the line of Eleazar, and the other of the line of Ithamar:
these gave unto the priests for the passover lambs; 2600 small cattle; which were lambs, or kids, or both:
and three hundred oxen; for peace offerings on the seven days of unleavened bread, to feast upon.
IX
Versículo 9
IX. Cononiah also, and Shemaiah and Nathaneel his brethren,.... See 2 Chronicles 31:12.
Cononiah also, and Shemaiah and Nathaneel his brethren,.... See 2 Chronicles 31:12.
and Hashabiah, and Jehiel, and Jozabad, chief of the Levites; men of considerable substance, and in good posts and offices:
gave unto the Levites; their poor brethren of that order:
for passover offerings five thousand small cattle; lambs, or kids, or both:
and five hundred oxen; for the feast that followed the passover.
X
Versículo 10
X. So the service was prepared,.... Every thing was got ready both for the passover and the feast of…
So the service was prepared,.... Every thing was got ready both for the passover and the feast of unleavened bread, for all sorts of people, rich and poor:
and the priests stood in their place; in their court near the altar, to sprinkle the blood of the sacrifices about it, as in the following verse:
and the Levites in their courses; whose turn it was to officiate:
according to the king's commandment, 2 Chronicles 35:4.
XI
Versículo 11
XI. And they killed the passover,.... The lambs for the passover, which was done by the Levites:
And they killed the passover,.... The lambs for the passover, which was done by the Levites:
and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands; which they received from the Levites, see 2 Chronicles 30:16.
and the Levites flayed them; the passover lambs, took off their skins.
XII
Versículo 12
XII. And they removed the burnt offerings,.... Either such of the lambs and kids as were designed for …
And they removed the burnt offerings,.... Either such of the lambs and kids as were designed for burnt offerings for the people; these they separated from those that were for the passover; or they removed from them what was to be burnt, the fat of the inwards, of the kidneys, and the caul on the liver:
that they might give; the rest for the passover:
according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the Lord; according to the number of them:
as it is written in the book of Moses; see Leviticus 3:3,
and so did they with the oxen; such of them as were appointed for burnt offerings were set apart by themselves, and such as were for peace offerings; what of them were to be burnt, as those before mentioned, were taken from them.
XIII
Versículo 13
XIII. And they roasted the passover with fire, according to the ordinance,.... Of the Lord by Moses, Ex…
And they roasted the passover with fire, according to the ordinance,.... Of the Lord by Moses, Exodus 12:8.
but the other holy offerings; which were the peace offerings:
sod they in pots, and in cauldrons, and pans; which was forbid to be done with the passover lamb, but might with the other sacrifices, which were to be eaten, Exodus 12:9.
and divided them speedily among all the people; the parts which belonged to the offerer, who was the king; but he gave his part to the people, and therefore the Levites delivered them to them as soon as they could.
XIV
Versículo 14
XIV. And afterwards they made ready for themselves, and for the priests,.... The passover lambs, and s…
And afterwards they made ready for themselves, and for the priests,.... The passover lambs, and such parts of the peace offerings that belonged to them:
because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering burnt offerings; such as are before said to be removed or separated for that purpose:
and the fat; of the peace offerings that was to be burnt: and this employed them
until night; so that they could not prepare the passover for themselves:
and therefore the Levites prepared, not only for themselves, but and also for the priests the sons of Aaron; who were otherwise engaged in the service of the day.
XV
Versículo 15
XV. And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place,.... In the court of the priests, singing a…
And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place,.... In the court of the priests, singing and playing on their instruments while the sacrifices were offering:
according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; the same with Ethan; and everyone were seers, as Jarchi interprets it, that is, the three last:
and the porters waited at every gate; such of the Levites as were in, that post and office:
they might not depart from their service; to let people in and out, that came for their passover lamb, and share in their other offerings:
for their brethren the Levites prepared for them; because they were not at leisure to prepare for themselves.
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Versículo 16
16. So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day,.... With every sacrifice, and for all s…
So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day,.... With every sacrifice, and for all sorts of persons:
to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the Lord; which were required to be done on that day:
according to the commandment of King Josiah; which was, that every thing be provided, prepared, and done, as the law required.
17
Versículo 17
17. And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time,.... In its proper ti…
And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time,.... In its proper time, on the fourteenth day of Nisan:
and the feast of unleavened bread seven days; the seven days following the passover, as the Lord by Moses appointed.
18
Versículo 18
18. And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel,.... So exactly according to the law, so un…
And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel,.... So exactly according to the law, so universally by Israel and Judah, and with such liberality shown by the king, and the chief of the priests and Levites; of this, and the following verse; see Gill on 2 Kings 23:22; see Gill on 2 Kings 23:23
19
Versículo 20
19. After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple,.... Purified it, and cleansed it from the fi…
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple,.... Purified it, and cleansed it from the filth in it, and from all idolatry, and had repaired it, and put the service of it in good order, and on a good footing, after which great prosperity in church and state might have been expected:
Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates; now called Querquisia, supposed by some to be the same with the Cadytis of Herodotus, which that historian calls a great city of Syria, whither he says Necho went after the battle with the Syrians (x); of which See Gill on Isaiah 10:9 and of this king of Egypt; see Gill on 2 Kings 23:29, Jeremiah 46:2.
and Josiah went out against him; or to meet him, and stop him from going through his land, which lay between Egypt and Syria; Egypt being on the south of Israel, and Euphrates on the north of it, as Jarchi observes.
(x) Euterpe, sive, l. 2. c. 159. & Galei not. in ib.
20
Versículo 21
20. But he sent ambassadors to him,.... That is, Necho sent to Josiah:
But he sent ambassadors to him,.... That is, Necho sent to Josiah:
saying, what have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? signifying he had no quarrel with him, he did not come to fight with him, and he had no business to intermeddle between him and another prince:
I come not against thee this day; in an hostile manner:
but against the house wherewith I have war; the king of Assyria:
for God commanded me to make haste; and oppose his enemy: according to the Targum, it was his idol; and which is the sense of other Jewish writers (y); but the true God might have appeared to him in a dream, or sent a prophet to him; or at least he might pretend this, that it might have the greater effect on Josiah; and indeed it seems to be real from the following verse:
forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not; he concluded God was with him, and would succeed him, because he had put him upon this enterprise, and hastened him to it; therefore Josiah, in opposing him, might expect to be resisted by him, and fall.
(y) T. Bab. Taanith, fol. 22. 2.
21
Versículo 22
21. Nevertheless, Josiah would not turn his face from him,.... Or withdraw his forces, and go back:
Nevertheless, Josiah would not turn his face from him,.... Or withdraw his forces, and go back:
but disguised himself that he might fight with him; without being personally known, and aimed at, see 1 Kings 22:30.
and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God: not believing that what he said came from the Lord, though it might; and his infirmity was, that he did not inquire of the Lord about it:
and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo; which was in the tribe of Manasseh, thought to be the Magdolum of Herodotus, where he says Necho fought the battle (z); See Gill on 2 Kings 23:29.
(z) Gale in Herodot. ut supra. (Euterpe, sive, l. 2. c. 159. & Galei not. in ib.)
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Versículo 23
22. And the archers shot at King Josiah,.... For, though disguised, he appeared to be a general offic…
And the archers shot at King Josiah,.... For, though disguised, he appeared to be a general officer, and indeed chief commander, and therefore aimed at him, and pressed him hard:
and the king said to his servants, have me away, for I am wounded; as Ahab said, when in the like case, 1 Kings 22:34.
23
Versículo 24
23. And his servants therefore took him out of that chariot,.... Dead, and had him to Jerusalem, and …
And his servants therefore took him out of that chariot,.... Dead, and had him to Jerusalem, and buried him; See Gill on 2 Kings 23:30,
and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah; he having been so good a king, so tender of them, and such an happy instrument in restoring the true religion, and the service of God; this was the sense of the generality of them, who were sincere in their mourning; but it is not improbable that those who were inclined to idolatry were secretly glad, though they dissembled mourning with the rest.
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Versículo 25
24. And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah,.... Composed a lamentation for him, which is now lost; for what…
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah,.... Composed a lamentation for him, which is now lost; for what is said in Lamentations 4:20 respects Zedekiah, and not Josiah:
and all the singing men, and all the singing women, spake of Josiah in their lamentations unto this day; who were made use of on mournful occasions, as the "preficae" among the Romans, see Jeremiah 9:17 these in their mournful ditties used to make mention of his name, and the disaster that befell him:
and made them an ordinance in Israel; an annual constitution, as the Targum calls it, appointing a solemn mourning for him once a year, which Jarchi says was on the ninth of Ab or July:
and, behold, they are written in the lamentations; not of Jeremiah; though the Targum is,
"lo, they are written in the book which Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah, concerning the lamentations,''but respect a collection of lamentations on various subjects then in being, but since lost.
25
Versículo 26
25. His piety towards God, and liberality to the people; of these two verses; see Gill on 2 Kings 23:28.
His piety towards God, and liberality to the people; of these two verses; see Gill on 2 Kings 23:28.
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2 Chronicles — Capítulo 35
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES This, and the preceding, were but one book originally, but divided into two because of the size of it, so that this is only a continuation of the former history; that ends at the death of David; this begins with the reign of Solomon, goes through that, and the reigns of all the kings of the house of David; of the kings of Judah only, after the separation of the ten …
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Josías celebró la pascua a Jehová en Jerusalén, y sacrificaron la pascua a los catorce días del mes primero.
2Puso también a los sacerdotes en sus oficios, y los confirmó en el ministerio de la casa de Jehová.
3Y dijo a los levitas que enseñaban a todo Israel, y que estaban dedicados a Jehová: Poned el arca santa en la casa que edificó Salomón hijo de David, rey de Israel, para que no la carguéis más sobre los hombros. Ahora servid a Jehová vuestro Dios, y a su pueblo Israel.
4Preparaos según las familias de vuestros padres, por vuestros turnos, como lo ordenaron David rey de Israel y Salomón su hijo.
5Estad en el santuario según la distribución de las familias de vuestros hermanos los hijos del pueblo, y según la distribución de la familia de los levitas.
6Sacrificad luego la pascua; y después de santificaros, preparad a vuestros hermanos para que hagan conforme a la palabra de Jehová dada por medio de Moisés.
7Y dio el rey Josías a los del pueblo ovejas, corderos y cabritos de los rebaños, en número de treinta mil, y tres mil bueyes, todo para la pascua, para todos los que se hallaron presentes; esto de la hacienda del rey.
8También sus príncipes dieron con liberalidad al pueblo y a los sacerdotes y levitas. Hilcías, Zacarías y Jehiel, oficiales de la casa de Dios, dieron a los sacerdotes, para celebrar la pascua, dos mil seiscientas ovejas y trescientos bueyes.
9Asimismo Conanías, y Semaías y Natanael sus hermanos, y Hasabías, Jeiel y Josabad, jefes de los levitas, dieron a los levitas, para los sacrificios de la pascua, cinco mil ovejas y quinientos bueyes.
10Preparado así el servicio, los sacerdotes se colocaron en sus puestos, y asimismo los levitas en sus turnos, conforme al mandamiento del rey.
11Y sacrificaron la pascua; y esparcían los sacerdotes la sangre recibida de mano de los levitas, y los levitas desollaban las víctimas.
12Tomaron luego del holocausto, para dar conforme a los repartimientos de las familias del pueblo, a fin de que ofreciesen a Jehová según está escrito en el libro de Moisés; y asimismo tomaron de los bueyes.
13Y asaron la pascua al fuego conforme a la ordenanza; mas lo que había sido santificado lo cocieron en ollas, en calderos y sartenes, y lo repartieron rápidamente a todo el pueblo.
14Después prepararon para ellos mismos y para los sacerdotes; porque los sacerdotes, hijos de Aarón, estuvieron ocupados hasta la noche en el sacrificio de los holocaustos y de las grosuras; por tanto, los levitas prepararon para ellos mismos y para los sacerdotes hijos de Aarón.
15Asimismo los cantores hijos de Asaf estaban en su puesto, conforme al mandamiento de David, de Asaf y de Hemán, y de Jedutún vidente del rey; también los porteros estaban a cada puerta; y no era necesario que se apartasen de su ministerio, porque sus hermanos los levitas preparaban para ellos.
16Así fue preparado todo el servicio de Jehová en aquel día, para celebrar la pascua y para sacrificar los holocaustos sobre el altar de Jehová, conforme al mandamiento del rey Josías.
17Y los hijos de Israel que estaban allí celebraron la pascua en aquel tiempo, y la fiesta solemne de los panes sin levadura por siete días.
18Nunca fue celebrada una pascua como esta en Israel desde los días de Samuel el profeta; ni ningún rey de Israel celebró pascua tal como la que celebró el rey Josías, con los sacerdotes y levitas, y todo Judá e Israel, los que se hallaron allí, juntamente con los moradores de Jerusalén.
19Esta pascua fue celebrada en el año dieciocho del rey Josías.
20Después de todas estas cosas, luego de haber reparado Josías la casa de Jehová, Necao rey de Egipto subió para hacer guerra en Carquemis junto al Éufrates; y salió Josías contra él.
21Y Necao le envió mensajeros, diciendo: ¿Qué tengo yo contigo, rey de Judá? Yo no vengo contra ti hoy, sino contra la casa que me hace guerra; y Dios me ha dicho que me apresure. Deja de oponerte a Dios, quien está conmigo, no sea que él te destruya.
22Mas Josías no se retiró, sino que se disfrazó para darle batalla, y no atendió a las palabras de Necao, que eran de boca de Dios; y vino a darle batalla en el campo de Meguido.
23Y los flecheros tiraron contra el rey Josías. Entonces dijo el rey a sus siervos: Quitadme de aquí, porque estoy gravemente herido.
24Entonces sus siervos lo sacaron de aquel carro, y lo pusieron en un segundo carro que tenía, y lo llevaron a Jerusalén, donde murió; y lo sepultaron en los sepulcros de sus padres. Y todo Judá y Jerusalén hicieron duelo por Josías.
25Y Jeremías endechó en memoria de Josías. Todos los cantores y cantoras recitan esas lamentaciones sobre Josías hasta hoy; y las tomaron por norma para endechar en Israel, las cuales están escritas en el libro de Lamentos.
26Los demás hechos de Josías, y sus obras piadosas conforme a lo que está escrito en la ley de Jehová,
27y sus hechos, primeros y postreros, he aquí están escritos en el libro de los reyes de Israel y de Judá.
JOHN GILL BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 1
I. Moreover, Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem,.... Where only it was to be kept:
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II. And he set the priests in their charges,.... In their offices, and in their proper places, to exe…
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III. And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel,.... Whose business it was to go through the sev…
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IV. And prepare yourselves,.... To do their work in this service of the sanctuary, the passover; that…
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V. And stand in the holy place,.... The court of the priests, where their ministrations were:
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VI. So kill the passover,.... In the manner, time, and place, and for the persons it should be killed:
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VII. And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings,.... …
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VIII. And his princes gave willingly to the people, to the priests and the Levites,.... Besides, to som…
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IX. Cononiah also, and Shemaiah and Nathaneel his brethren,.... See 2 Chronicles 31:12.
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X. So the service was prepared,.... Every thing was got ready both for the passover and the feast of…
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XI. And they killed the passover,.... The lambs for the passover, which was done by the Levites:
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XII. And they removed the burnt offerings,.... Either such of the lambs and kids as were designed for …
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XIII. And they roasted the passover with fire, according to the ordinance,.... Of the Lord by Moses, Ex…
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XIV. And afterwards they made ready for themselves, and for the priests,.... The passover lambs, and s…
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XV. And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place,.... In the court of the priests, singing a…
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16. So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day,.... With every sacrifice, and for all s…
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17. And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time,.... In its proper ti…
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18. And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel,.... So exactly according to the law, so un…
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19. After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple,.... Purified it, and cleansed it from the fi…
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20. But he sent ambassadors to him,.... That is, Necho sent to Josiah:
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21. Nevertheless, Josiah would not turn his face from him,.... Or withdraw his forces, and go back:
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22. And the archers shot at King Josiah,.... For, though disguised, he appeared to be a general offic…
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23. And his servants therefore took him out of that chariot,.... Dead, and had him to Jerusalem, and …
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24. And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah,.... Composed a lamentation for him, which is now lost; for what…
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25. His piety towards God, and liberality to the people; of these two verses; see Gill on 2 Kings 23:28.