2 Chronicles 35:8
And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.
The verse belongs to the account of Josiah's Passover, which marked a revival of hope for Israel shortly before the people fell into deeper apostasy. Josiah's reign was the last time a king of Jerusalem obeyed the Lord's commandments and kept His statutes, and it ended in 607 BC. Afterward the people could no longer keep the year of release or the Jubilee, with 21 Jubilees reckoned as having been kept, 23 short of the great Jubilee.
The princes gave willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 small cattle and 300 oxen. Those offerings were presented on the fifteenth of Nisan, after the Passover meal on the previous night. Their willing gifts illustrate voluntary giving to meet the needs of divine service.
Josiah's experience illustrates that great religious revivals lead to corresponding missionary efforts at home and abroad. His Passover was an occasion of God's blessing on His people. That gathering serves as a model of reverent worship and fellowship.