In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan son of Azaliah son of Meshullam, the secretary, to the house of the Lord, saying,
2 Kings 23:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem. American Standard Version (1901) but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover kept to Jehovah in Jerusalem. Common English Bible But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s rule, this Passover was celebrated to the LORD in Jerusalem. Catholic Public Domain Version as this Passover, which was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of king Josiah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As was this phase that was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of king Josias. |
In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan son of Azaliah son of Meshullam, the secretary, to the house of the Lord, saying,
No such Passover had been kept since the days of the judges who judged Israel, even during all the days of the kings of Israel and of the kings of Judah,
Moreover, Josiah put away the mediums, wizards, teraphim, idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, so that he established the words of the law that were written in the book that the priest Hilkiah had found in the house of the Lord.
You shall cook it and eat it at the place that the Lord your God will choose; the next morning you may go back to your tents.