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Josiah provided animals for the Passover offerings. He gave them for all the people who were there. He gave a total of 30,000 lambs and goats and 3,000 oxen. He gave all of them from his own possessions.

His officials also gave freely. They gave to the people and the priests and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah and Jehiel were in charge of God’s temple. They gave the priests 2,600 Passover lambs and 300 oxen. Konaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel also gave offerings. So did Hashabiah, Jeiel and Jozabad. All of them were the leaders of the Levites. They gave 5,000 Passover lambs and 500 oxen for the Levites.

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Josiah provided for all the lay people who were there a total of thirty thousand lambs and goats for the Passover offerings,(A) and also three thousand cattle—all from the king’s own possessions.(B)

His officials also contributed(C) voluntarily to the people and the priests and Levites. Hilkiah,(D) Zechariah and Jehiel, the officials in charge of God’s temple, gave the priests twenty-six hundred Passover offerings and three hundred cattle. Also Konaniah(E) along with Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel and Jozabad,(F) the leaders of the Levites, provided five thousand Passover offerings and five hundred head of cattle for the Levites.

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