2 Kings 23:21-23
English Standard Version
Josiah Restores the Passover
21 And the king commanded all the people, (A)“Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, (B)as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” 22 (C)For no such Passover had been kept since the days of the judges who judged Israel, or during all the days of the kings of Israel or of the kings of Judah. 23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.
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2 Kings 23:21-23
International Standard Version
Josiah Reinstates the Passover
21 After this, the king commanded all of the people, “Celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, just as it’s prescribed in this Book of the Covenant.” 22 From the days of the judges who ruled in Israel, no Passover had been celebrated like this, not even in all the reigns of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah. 23 In the eighteenth year of the reign of[a] King Josiah, this Passover was observed in Jerusalem to honor the Lord.
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- 2 Kings 23:23 The Heb. lacks the reign of
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