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I. WHAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD DID UPON THE DEATH OF JOSIAH.

1. There was a general mourning for him.

2. The prophet Jeremiah made a particular office for it.

3. This office was used among others upon the day of lamentation.

4. This use was established by a law upon Israel, which was observed till the end of the Babylonian Captivity.

II. THE REASONS OF THEIR DOING IT.

1. Because it was caused by their sins.

2. Because it was a punishment for their sins.

(Bishop W. Lloyd.)

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KJV: His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

WEB: So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.