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2 Chronicles 35:26 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 26. 26Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,
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Role in This Section
This verse advances the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence: “Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Lament and records preserve Josiah's memory.”
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 35:25–27
Read 2 Chronicles 35:26 with 35:25–27. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Jeremiah, male and female singers, and an enduring lament tradition remember Josiah, while the narrator cites his goodness and royal record.
Why It Needs Context
2 Chronicles 35:26 depends on 35:25–27; isolating “Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Lament and records preserve Josiah's memory.”
Read 2 Chronicles 35:25–27 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 35:25–27 forms the complete movement “Lament and records preserve Josiah's memory”: Jeremiah, male and female singers, and an enduring lament tradition remember Josiah, while the narrator cites his goodness and royal record.
Verse 25. 25 And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
Verse 26. 26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,
Verse 27. 27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
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Biblical text
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Chronicles 35:25–27, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
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Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 35:25–27
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