Laments for Josiah
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Laments for Josiah is the term used in reference to . The passage reads: "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."
This source, as described by the Chronicler, should not be confused with the canonical Book of Lamentations
. The same event is retold in 1 Esdras
1:32, although it lacks any reference to writing, or the recording of the lamentation. Nevertheless, the dirges referred to in 2 Chronicles and 1 Esdras, as well as Lamentations
may refer to a larger corpus of laments that once existed in the temple or palace archives of ancient Jerusalem.
This source, as described by the Chronicler, should not be confused with the canonical Book of Lamentations
Book of Lamentations
The Book of Lamentations ) is a poetic book of the Hebrew Bible composed by the Jewish prophet Jeremiah. It mourns the destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple in the 6th Century BCE....
. The same event is retold in 1 Esdras
1 Esdras
1 Esdras , Greek Ezra, is an ancient Greek version of the biblical Book of Ezra in use among ancient Jewry, the early church, and many modern Christians with varying degrees of canonicity and a high historical usefulness....
1:32, although it lacks any reference to writing, or the recording of the lamentation. Nevertheless, the dirges referred to in 2 Chronicles and 1 Esdras, as well as Lamentations
Book of Lamentations
The Book of Lamentations ) is a poetic book of the Hebrew Bible composed by the Jewish prophet Jeremiah. It mourns the destruction of Jerusalem and the Holy Temple in the 6th Century BCE....
may refer to a larger corpus of laments that once existed in the temple or palace archives of ancient Jerusalem.
External links
- Myers, Jacob II Chronicles: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. Anchor Bible 13. Doubleday; Garden City, 1965