2 Kings 23:23

2 Kings 23:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the Lord in Jerusalem.
• New International Version (NIV)But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this Passover was held before the Lord in Jerusalem.

Context of 2 Kings 23:23

21Then the king commanded all the people saying, “Celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God as it is written in this book of the covenant.” 22Surely such a Passover had not been celebrated from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and of the kings of Judah. But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was observed to the Lord in Jerusalem. 24Moreover, Josiah removed the mediums and the spiritists and the teraphim and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord. 25Before him there was no king like him who turned to the Lord with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him.

2 Kings 23:23 word by word

כִּ֗י אִם־בִּשְׁמֹנֶ֤ה עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ נַעֲשָׂ֞ה הַפֶּ֧סַח הַזֶּ֛ה לַיהוָ֖ה בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• But in the eighteenthשְׁמֹנֶהshemôneh shemôneh shemônâh shemônâh · eightH8083
• But in the eighteenthעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of Kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּ֫הוּyô'shîyâh yô'shîyâhû · JosiahH2977
• thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• Passoverפֶּ֫סַחpesach · PassoverH6453
• was observedעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• in Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389

Commentaries on 2 Kings 23:23

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-24Verses 15-24 Josiah's zeal extended to the cities of Israel within his reach. He carefully preserved the sepulchre of that man of God, who came from Judah to foretell the throwing down of Jeroboam's altar. When they had cleared the country of the old leaven of idolatry, then they applied themselves to the keeping of the feast. There was not holden such a passover in any of the foregoing reigns. The revival of a long-neglected ordinance, filled them with…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21-23Hezekiah celebrated the Passover with some changes (2 Chronicles 30:1–4, 13, 23–27). Josiah's Passover followed the law's strict rules (2 Chronicles 35:1–19). The eighteenth year was when they found the Book of the Law (2 Kings 22:3, 8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2321-23. the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, &c.--It was observed with great solemnity and was attended not only by his own subjects, but by the remnant people from Israel (see on 2Ch 35:1-19). Many of the Israelites who were at Jerusalem might have heard of, if they did not hear, the law read by Josiah. It is probable that they might even have procured a copy of the law, stimulated as they were to the better…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Kings 23:23

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Josiah
• Passover

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Josiah
• Jeremiah
• Kings, The Books of
• Pentateuch
• God
• High Place
• Jeremiah (2)
• Kings, Books of
• Law in the Old Testament

Commentaries on 2 Kings 23

• 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