2 Kings 23:21
19 Just as Josiah had done at Bethel, so also in the cities of Samaria he removed all the shrines of the high places set up by the kings of Israel who had provoked the LORD to anger.
20 On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
22 No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.
23 But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
- KJV
- And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
- WEB
- The king commanded all the people, saying, “Keep the Passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.”
- ASV
- And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.
- DARBY
- And the king commanded all the people saying, Hold the passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.
- BLB
- And the king commanded all the people, saying, “Make a Passover to YHWH your⁺ God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
- ÅB
- Og kongen befalte alt folket: Hold påske for Herren deres Gud, slik som skrevet er i denne paktens bok!
- OTB
- Kongen befalte hele folket og sa, "Feir påsken for Herren deres Gud slik det er skrevet i denne Paktens Bok."
- B1930
- Og kongen bød alt folket: Hold påske for Herren eders Gud, således som skrevet er i denne paktens bok!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 16:1–8
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Read in contextNumbers 9:2–5
“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.
Read in contextNumbers 28:16–25
The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
Read in context2 Chronicles 35:1–19
Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Read in contextExodus 12:3–20
Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.
Read in contextLeviticus 23:5–8
The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
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