18 No Passover had been observed(A) like it in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present in Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 19 In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed.

Josiah’s Last Deeds and Death

20 After all this(B) that Josiah had prepared for the temple, Neco king of Egypt(C) marched up to fight at Carchemish(D) by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him.

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