2 Kings 23:23

New Century Version

This Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem in the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s rule.

Cross References

2 Kings 22:3

In Josiah’s eighteenth year as king, he sent Shaphan to the Temple of the Lord. Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, was the royal secretary. Josiah said,

2 Kings 23:22

The Passover had not been celebrated like this since the judges led Israel. Nor had one like it happened while there were kings of Israel and kings of Judah.

2 Kings 23:24

Josiah destroyed the mediums, fortune-tellers, house gods, and idols. He also destroyed all the hated gods seen in the land of Judah and Jerusalem. This was to obey the words of the teachings written in the book Hilkiah the priest had found in the Temple of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 16:7

Roast the meat and eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. The next morning go back to your tents.