About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

12/22/2023

2 Chronicles 35:1-27 King Josiah Holds a Passover

 

King Josiah Holds a Passover

2 Chronicles 35:1-27                       2 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

[Also, king] Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord [God] in Jerusalem. They killed the Passover [animals] on the 14th day of the 1st month. [Josaiah appointed] the priests [with] their [duties] & encouraged them [in] their service of the [Lord's] house. 

[Josaiah] said to the Levites, [who] were holy to the Lord & [taught] all [of] Israel, Put the Holy Ark in the [Lord's] house [that] Solomon, [David's] son, [Israel's] king, built. [The Holy Ark] shall [no longer] be a burden [you carry] on your shoulders. 

Now, serve the Lord, your God & His people, Israel. [Organize] yourselves by your [father's families] & your [divisions,] according to [what] David, [Israel's] king, & Solomon, his son, [wrote.]

Stand in the Holy Place according to the divisions of the fathers of your [relatives of] the people & [like] the [Levite's family] divisions. So, kill the Passover [animals] & sanctify yourselves & prepare your brethren, [so] they may do according to the Word of the Lord by Moses' hand. 

Josiah gave 3,000 bulls & 30,000 lambs & [kid goats] for the Passover offerings, from the king's [possessions for] the people [there.]

[Josiah's] princes willingly gave 2,600 small [livestock] & 300 oxen to the priests, the people & the Levites: Hilkiah, Zechariah & Jehiel, [officials] of [God's] house & gave the [livestock] to the priests of the Passover offerings.

Also, Conaniah [a.k.a. Konaniah] & his brethren, Shemaiah & Nethaneel [a.k.a. Nethanel] & [the leaders] of the Levites: Hashabiah, Jeiel & Jozabad. [They] gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings 5,000 small [livestock] & 500 oxen.

So, the service was prepared & the priests stood in their place & the Levites in their [divisions,] according to the king's [command.] They killed the Passover [animals with their hands] & sprinkled the blood from their hands & the Levites fileted them. 

They removed the burnt offerings, [so] they might give [it] according to the divisions of the people's families, to offer to the Lord, as it is written in the Book of Moses. They did [the same] with the oxen. 

They roasted the Passover [animals] with fire according to the ordinance, but the other holy offerings they [boiled] in pots, caldrons & in pans & speedily divided them among all the people. 

Afterward, they [prepared food] for themselves & the priests, because the priests, [Aaron's descendants,] were [busy with] offering the burnt offerings & fat until night.

[That's why,] the Levites prepared [food] for themselves & the priests, the [descendants] of Aaron. The singers, [Asaph's] sons, were in their place, according to [David's command.] 

Asaph, Heman & Jeduthun, the king's seer [prophet with divine visions] & the [gate keepers] waited at every gate. The Levites, their brethren, prepared [food] for them, [so] they [didn't leave ] their [responsibility.] 

According to [Josiah's command,] all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover & to offer the burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord. And the children [people] of Israel [who were there] at that time, kept the Passover & the Feast of Unleavened Bread [for] 7 days. 

From the days of Samuel, the prophet, there [wasn't any] Passover like this kept in Israel. Neither did [any of] the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josaiah kept. The priests, Levites, & all Judah, Israel & [Jerusalem's] inhabitants were present.

The Passover was kept in the 18th year Josiah [ruled.] After all this, when Josaiah prepared the [Lord's] temple, Necho, [Egypt's] king, came up to fight against Charchemish [near the] Euphrates [River.] 

Josaiah went out against him, but [Necho] sent ambassadors to [Josiah,] saying, King of Judah, what [quarrel is there between you & me?] I [didn't] come against you this day, but against the house I have war [with:] for God commanded me to hurry. 

[Stop your] meddling with God, Who is with me, [so] He doesn't destroy you. [Still] Josaiah [wouldn't] turn [away] from him, but disguised himself, [so] he might fight with [Necho] & [didn't pay attention] to the words of Necho, [had given to him] from the mouth of God. 

And [Josiah] came to fight in the Valley of Megiddo. The archers shot Josaiah & king [Josaiah] said to his servants, [Take me away; for I am [severely] wounded. His servants took [Josiah] out of that chariot & put him in a 2nd chariot that he had. 

And they brought [Josiah] to Jerusalem & he died & was buried in one of the [tombs] of his [forefathers.] And all Judah & Jerusalem mourned for Josaiah. Jeremiah [grieved] for Josiah & the [male & female singers speak] of Josiah, [as they lament] until this day. 

[They] made them [a rule] in Israel & [look] they are written in the Lamentations. Now, the rest of [Josaiah's actions] & all his goodness, according to [what] was written in the Law of the Lord & [Josaiah's] deeds, 1st & last, [look,] they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel & Judah.