Laments for Josiah

Laments for Josiah is the term used in reference to 2 Chronicles 35:25. 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."

For the Biblical book by Jeremiah, see Book of 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.

See also
  • Table of books of Judeo-Christian Scripture
  • Jeremiah's Lament for Josiah
  • Myers, Jacob II Chronicles: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. Anchor Bible 13. Doubleday; Garden City, 1965


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