2 Kings 23:21-27

New American Standard Bible

Passover Reinstituted

²¹Then the king commanded all the people, saying, “^(A)Celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God ^(B)as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” ²²^(C)Truly such a Passover had not been celebrated since the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah. ²³But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem.

²⁴Moreover, Josiah removed ^(D)the mediums, the spiritists, the ^[a]^(E)household idols, ^(F)the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, ^(G)so that he might ^[b]fulfill the words of the Law which were written ^(H)in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord. ²⁵Before him there was no king ^(I)like him who turned to the Lord with all his heart, all his soul, and all his might, in conformity to all the Law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him.

²⁶Nevertheless, the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, ^(J)because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him. ²⁷And the Lord said, “I will also remove Judah from My sight, ^(K)just as I have removed Israel. And ^(L)I will reject this city which I have chosen, Jerusalem, and the ^[c]temple of which I said, ‘My name shall be there!’”

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2 Kings 23:24 Heb teraphim
2 Kings 23:24 Or perform
2 Kings 23:27 Lit house

2 Kings 23:21-27

New International Version

²¹The king gave this order to all the people: “Celebrate the Passover^(A) to the Lord your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”^(B) ²²Neither in the days of the judges who led Israel nor in the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah had any such Passover been observed. ²³But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem.^(C)

²⁴Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists,^(D) the household gods,^(E) the idols and all the other detestable^(F) things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he did to fulfill the requirements of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the temple of the Lord. ²⁵Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned^(G) to the Lord as he did—with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses.^(H)

²⁶Nevertheless, the Lord did not turn away from the heat of his fierce anger,^(I) which burned against Judah because of all that Manasseh^(J) had done to arouse his anger. ²⁷So the Lord said, “I will remove^(K) Judah also from my presence^(L) as I removed Israel, and I will reject^(M) Jerusalem, the city I chose, and this temple, about which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’^[a]”