2 Chronicles 35:1
And Josiah kept, in Jerusalem, a passover unto Yahweh,—and they slaughtered the passover, on the fourteenth of the first month.
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Exodus 12:6So shall it be yours, to keep, until the fourteenth day of this month,—then shall all the convocation of the assembly of Israel slay it between the two evenings.
Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of Abib, when thou shalt keep a passover unto Yahweh thy God,—for in the month of Abib, did Yahweh thy God bring thee forth out of Egypt by night:
2 Chronicles 30:1Then sent Hezekiah unto all Israel and Judah, moreover also, letters, wrote he unto Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come unto the house of Yahweh, in Jerusalem,—to keep a passover unto Yahweh, God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 30:13And there gathered themselves unto Jerusalem much people, to keep the festival of unleavened cakes, in the second month,—an exceeding large convocation.
Ezekiel 45:21In the first month on the fourteenth day of the month, shall ye have the passover, —a festival of seven days, unleavened cakes shall be, eaten;
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 →