Now manypeoplewere gatheredat Jerusalemto celebratethe Feastof UnleavenedBreadin the secondmonth,a verylargeassembly.
Surelysucha Passoverhad not been celebratedfrom the daysof the judgeswhojudgedIsrael,norin allthe daysof the kingsof Israeland of the kingsof Judah.
They aroseand removedthe altarswhich[were] in Jerusalem;they also removedallthe incensealtarsand cast[them] into the brookKidron.
Then they slaughteredthe Passover[lambs] on the fourteenthof the secondmonth.And the priestsand Leviteswere ashamedof themselves, and consecratedthemselves and broughtburntofferingsto the houseof the LORD.
For the kingand his princesand allthe assemblyin Jerusalemhad decidedto celebratethe Passoverin the secondmonth,
Then Josiahcelebratedthe Passoverto the LORDin Jerusalem,and they slaughteredthe Passover[animals] on the fourteenth[day] of the firstmonth.
They gofrom strengthto strength,[Every one of them] appearsbeforeGodin Zion.
"Speakto the sonsof Israel,saying,'Ifanyoneof you orof your generationsbecomesuncleanbecause of a [dead] person,oris on a distantjourney,he may, however, observethe Passoverto the LORD.