2 Kings 23:22

Surely there had not been held such a passover as this, from the days of the Judges who judged Israel,—nor all the days of the kings of Israel, and the kings of Judah;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

In Context

21Then did the king command all the people, saying, Keep ye a passover unto Yahweh, your God,—such as is written in this book of the covenant.

23save only, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, when this passover was held unto Yahweh, in Jerusalem.

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Cross References

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.

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 23:5-25

Josiah Reforms Judah. ( b. c. 623.) 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el. 5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the… Read the whole commentary →

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