1map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

2tn Heb “written.”

3tn Heb “and stand in the sanctuary by the divisions of the house of the fathers for your brothers, the sons of the people, and a division of the house of a father for the Levites.”

4tn Heb “according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.”

5tn Heb “and Josiah supplied for the sons of the people sheep, lambs and sons of goats, the whole for the Passover sacrifices for everyone who was found according to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand cattle. These were from the property of the king.”

6tn Heb “and the service was prepared.”

7tn Heb “from their hand.”

8tn Heb “and they put aside the burnt offering[s] to give them to the divisions of the house of the fathers for the sons of the people to bring near to the Lord as it is written in the scroll of Moses – and the same with the cattle.”

9tn Or “seer.”

10tn Heb “After all this, [by] which Josiah prepared the temple.”

11tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

12tn Heb “he”; the referent (Neco) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

13tn Heb “What to me and to you, king of Judah?”

14tn Heb “Not against you, you, today, but against the house of my battle.”

15tn Heb “Stop yourself from [opposing] God who is with me and let him not destroy you.”

16tn Heb “and Josiah did not turn his face from him.”

17tn Heb “listen to.”

18map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.

19tn Heb “carry me away.”

20map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

21tn Heb “fathers.”

22tn Heb “and his faithful acts according to what is written in the law of the Lord.”

23tn Heb “look, they are written.”