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2 Chronicles 35:18

JosiahSamuelJerusalem

16 So on that day the entire service of the LORD was carried out for celebrating the Passover and offering burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.

17 The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.

19 In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed.

20 After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt marched up to fight at Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to confront him.

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BSB
No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.
KJV
And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
WEB
There was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, nor did any of the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept—with the priests, the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
ASV
And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did any of the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
DARBY
And there was no passover like to that holden in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel hold such a passover as Josiah held, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
BLB
And a Passover like that had not been kept in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. And none of the kings of Israel had kept a Passover as kept [by] Josiah, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and those dwelling in Jerusalem.
ÅB
En påske som denne var ikke blitt holdt i Israel siden profeten Samuels dager, heller ikke hadde noen av Israels konger holdt en påske som den Josias og prestene og levittene og hele Juda og de av Israel som var til stede, og Jerusalems innbyggere nå holdt.
OTB
Det hadde ikke vært en slik påske i Israel siden Samuels, profetens, dager; heller ikke hadde noen av Israels konger holdt en slik påske som Josjia gjorde med prestene, levittene, hele Juda og Israel som var til stede, og innbyggerne i Jerusalem.
B1930
En påske som denne var ikke blitt holdt i Israel siden profeten Samuels dager, heller ikke hadde nogen av Israels konger holdt en påske som den Josias og prestene og levittene og hele Juda og de av Israel som var til stede, og Jerusalems innbyggere nu holdt.

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  • 2 Chronicles 30:5

    So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it as a nation as prescribed.

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  • 2 Kings 23:21–23

    The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”

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  • 2 Chronicles 30:26–27

    So there was great rejoicing in Jerusalem, for nothing like this had happened there since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel.

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