2 Kings 23:23

Bible in Basic English 1965

In the eighteenth year of the rule of King Josiah this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.

Cross References

2 Kings 22:3

Now in the eighteenth year after he became king, Josiah sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying to him,

2 Kings 23:22

Truly, such a Passover had not been kept in all the days of the judges of Israel or of the kings of Israel or the kings of Judah;

2 Kings 23:24

And all those who had control of spirits, and the wonder-workers, and the images, and the false gods, and all the disgusting things which were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, Josiah put away, so that he might give effect to the words of the agreement recorded in the book which Hilkiah the priest made discovery of in the house of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 16:7

It is to be cooked and taken as food in the place marked out by the Lord: and in the morning you are to go back to your tents.