2 Chronicles 35:1

And Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord his God; and sacrificed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

In Context

2And he appointed the priests at their charges, and encouraged them for the services of the house of the Lord.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:6And it shall be kept by you till the fourteenth of this month, and all the multitude of the congregation of the children of Israel shall kill it toward evening.

Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of new corn, and thou shalt sacrifice the Passover to the Lord thy God; because in the month of new corn thou camest out of Egypt by night.

2 Chronicles 30:1And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come into the house of the Lord to Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to the Lord God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 30:13And a great multitude were gathered to Jerusalem to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.

Ezekiel 45:21And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the feast of the Passover; seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 35:1

We are here to attend Josiah, I. To the temple, where we see his religious care for the due observance of the ordinance of the passover, according to the law, ver. 1-19 . II. To the field of battle, where we see his rashness in engaging with the king of Egypt, and how dearly it cost him, ver. 20-23 . III. To the grave, where we see him bitterly lamented, ver. 24-27 . And so we must take our leave of Josiah. Read the whole commentary →

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