2 Chronicles 35:1

2 Chronicles 35:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
• New International Version (NIV)Josiah celebrated the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem. And they slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Context of 2 Chronicles 35:1

Josiah celebrated the Passover for the Lord in Jerusalem. The Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2Josiah appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them to serve in the Lord’s temple. 3He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel and performed ceremonies to make themselves holy to the Lord, “Put the holy ark in the temple that Solomon, son of David and king of Israel, built. It shouldn’t be carried on your shoulders any longer. Serve the Lord your God and his people Israel.

2 Chronicles 35:1 word by word

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ יֹאשִׁיָּ֧הוּ בִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֛ם פֶּ֖סַח לַיהוָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁחֲט֣וּ הַפֶּ֔סַח בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Moreover Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֫הוּyô'shîyâh yô'shîyâhû · JosiahH2977
• keptעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• a passoverפֶּ֫סַחpesach · PassoverH6453
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• in Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• and they killedשָׁחַטshâchaţ · to slaughterH7819
• on the fourteenthעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• on the fourteenthאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• of the firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 35:1

• 2 Chronicles 30:1Hezekiah sent a message to all Israel and Judah and wrote letters to the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. He invited them to come to the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover of the Lord God of Israel.
• 2 Kings 23:21The king ordered all the people to celebrate the Passover for the Lord their God as it is written in this Book of the Promise.
• Exodus 12:6Take care of it until the fourteenth ⌞day⌟ of this month. “Then at dusk, all the assembled people from the community of Israel must slaughter their animals.
• Numbers 9:3You must celebrate it on the fourteenth day of this month at dusk. Follow all the rules and regulations for the celebration of the Passover.”
• Deuteronomy 16:1Honor the Lord your God by celebrating Passover in the month of Abib. In the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt at night.
• Ezra 6:19On the fourteenth day of the first month, those who had returned from exile celebrated the Passover.
• Ezekiel 45:21“ ‘On the fourteenth day of the first month, you will celebrate the Passover, a festival lasting seven days when unleavened bread is eaten.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 35:1

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The passover kept by Josiah. (1-19) Josiah slain in battle. (20-27) Verses 1-19 The destruction Josiah made of idolatry, was more largely related in the book of Kings. His solemnizing the passover is related here. The Lord's supper resembles the passover more than any other of the Jewish festivals; and the due observance of that ordinance, is a proof of growing piety and devotion. God alone can truly make our hearts holy, and prepare them for his holy…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-192Ch 35:1-19. Josiah Keeps a Solemn Passover. 1-3. Moreover Josiah kept a passover--(See on 2Ki 23:21). The first nine verses give an account of the preparations made for the celebration of the solemn feast [2Ch 35:1-9]. The day appointed by the law was kept on this occasion (compare 2Ch 30:2, 13). The priests were ranged in their courses and exhorted to be ready for their duties in the manner that legal purity required (compare 2Ch 29:5). The Levites, the…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 35:1

• Josiah
• Levites
• Liberality
• Passover

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Josiah
• Forbear
• Lament
• Pentateuch
• Esdras, the First Book of
• Passover
• Temple

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings