2 Kings 23:21-23
Expanded Bible
Josiah Celebrates the Passover(A)
21 The king commanded all the people, “·Celebrate [Observe] the Passover to the Lord your God as it is written in this Book of the ·Agreement [Treaty; Covenant; Ex. 12].” 22 The Passover had not been ·celebrated [observed] like this since the judges ·led [ruled; judged] Israel. Nor had one like it happened ·while there were [in all the days/years of the] kings of Israel and kings of Judah. 23 This Passover was ·celebrated [observed] to the Lord in Jerusalem in the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s rule.
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2 Kings 23:21-23
New American Standard Bible
Passover Reinstituted
21 Then 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. 23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem.
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