II Chronicles · Chapter 35 King James Version

II Chronicles 35:8

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The Scripture

(8) 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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)

Josiah kept a great Passover in Jerusalem unlike any since the days of Samuel, organizing the priests and Levites and providing abundant animals for the sacrifices. Josiah later went to battle against Pharaoh Necho at Megiddo against the pharaoh's warning and was fatally wounded, dying to the great mourning of all Judah and Jerusalem.

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