Extra Biblicals

1 Esdras 1
1:1 And Josias
held the feast of  the passover in Jerusalem..................... passover holden to the Lord ,  2 kings 23:22
unto his Lord, and offered the passover the fourteenth
day of the first month;
1:2 Having set the priests according to their daily courses,
being arrayed in long garments, in the temple of the Lord.
1:3 And he spake unto the Levites, the holy ministers of
Israel, that they should hallow themselves unto the Lord,
to set the holy ark of the Lord in the house that king
Solomon the son of David had built:
1:4 And said, Ye shall no more bear the ark upon your
shoulders: now therefore serve the Lord your God, and
minister unto his people Israel, and prepare you after
your families and kindreds,
1:5 According as David the king of Israel prescribed, and
according to the magnificence of Solomon his son: and
standing in the temple according to the several dignity
of the families of you the Levites, who minister in the
presence of your brethren the children of Israel,
1:6 Offer the passover in order, and make ready the............................keep the passover ,  2 kings 23:21
sacrifices for your brethren, and keep the passover
according to the commandment of the Lord, which
was given unto Moses.
1:7 And unto the people that was found there Josias gave
thirty thousand lambs and kids, and three thousand calves:
these things were given of the king's allowance,
according as he promised, to the people, to the priests,
and to the Levites.
1:8 And Helkias, Zacharias, and Syelus, the governors
of the temple, gave to the priests for the passover
two thousand and six hundred sheep, and three hundred calves.
1:9 And Jeconias, and Samaias, and Nathanael his brother, and
Assabias, and Ochiel, and Joram, captains over thousands,
gave to the Levites for the passover five thousand sheep,
and seven hundred calves.
1:10 And when these things were done, the priests and Levites,
having the unleavened bread, stood in very comely order
according to the kindreds,
1:11 And according to the several dignities of the fathers,
before the people, to offer to the Lord, as it is written in
the book of Moses: and thus did they in the morning.
1:12 And they roasted the passover with fire, as appertaineth:
as for the sacrifices, they sod them in brass pots and pans
with a good savour,
1:13 And set them before all the people: and afterward they
prepared for themselves, and for the priests their brethren,
the sons of Aaron.
1:14 For the priests offered the fat until night: and the Levites
prepared for themselves, and the priests their brethren,
the sons of Aaron.
1:15 The holy singers also, the sons of Asaph, were in their order,
according to the appointment of David, to wit, Asaph, Zacharias,
and Jeduthun, who was of the king's retinue.
1:16 Moreover the porters were at every gate; it was not lawful for
any to go from his ordinary service: for their brethren the
Levites prepared for them.
17 Thus were the things that belonged to the sacrifices of the
Lord accomplished in that day, that they might hold the passover,
1:18 And offer sacrifices upon the altar of the Lord, according to
the commandment of king Josias.
1:19 So the children of Israel which were present held the passover
at that time, and the feast of sweet bread seven days.
1:20 And such a passover was not kept in Israel since
 the time of the prophet Samuel.
1:21 Yea, all the kings of Israel held not such a passover as Josias,
and the priests, and the Levites, and the Jews, held with all Israel
that were found dwelling at Jerusalem.
1:22 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias was this passover kept....eighteenth year 2 kings 23:23
1:23 And the works or Josias were upright before his Lord
 with an heart full of godliness.
1:24 As for the things that came to pass in his time, they were
written in former times, concerning those that sinned, and did
wickedly against the Lord above all people and kingdoms, and
how they grieved him exceedingly, so that the words of the
Lord rose up against Israel.
1:25 Now after all these acts of Josias it came to pass, that
Pharaoh the king of Egypt came to raise war at Carchamis...............Pharaoh went to war ,2 kings 23:29
upon Euphrates: and Josias went out against him.
1:26 But the king of Egypt sent to him, saying, What have I to
do with thee, O king of Judea?
1:27 I am not sent out from the Lord God against thee; for my
 war is upon Euphrates: and now the Lord is with me, yea, the
 Lord is with me hasting me forward: depart from me,
 and be not against the Lord.
1:28 Howbeit Josias did not turn back his chariot from him,
 but undertook to fight with him, not regarding the words
of the prophet Jeremy spoken by the mouth of the Lord:
1:29 But joined battle with him in the plain of Magiddo, ...........  in the plain of megiddo , 2 kings 23:29
and the princes came against king Josias.
1:30 Then said the king unto his servants, Carry me away out
 of the battle; for I am very weak. And immediately his
 servants took him away out of the battle.
1:31 Then gat he up upon his second chariot; and being brought
 back to Jerusalem died, and was buried in his father's sepulchre..............his own sepulchre , 2 kings 23:30
1:32 And in all Jewry they mourned for Josias, yea, Jeremy the
prophet lamented for Josias, and the chief men with the
 women made lamentation for him unto this day: and this was
 given out for an ordinance to be done continually
in all the nation of Israel.
1:33 These things are written in the book of the stories of the
 kings of Judah, and every one of the acts that Josias did, and
 his glory, and his understanding in the law of the Lord,
 and the things that he had done before, and the things now
recited, are reported in the book of the kings of Israel and Judea.
1:34 And the people took Joachaz the son of Josias, and made.........   ....land too Joachaz ,  2 kings 23:30
 him king instead of Josias his father,.............................And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about
 when he was twenty and three years old................time they were carried away to Babylon:..Matthew 1:11
1:35 And he reigned in Judea and in Jerusalem three months:.................riened three months .2 kings 23:31
 and then the king of Egypt deposed
 him from reigning in Jerusalem..........................................