In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent the court secretary Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the Lord’s temple, saying,
2 Kings 23:23 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the Lord’s Passover was observed in Jerusalem. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 the court secretary Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the Lord’s temple, saying,
No such Passover had ever been observed from the time of the judges who judged Israel through the entire time of the kings of Israel and Judah.
In addition, Josiah eradicated the mediums, the spiritists, household idols, images, and all the abhorrent things that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this in order to carry out the words of the law that were written in the book that the priest Hilkiah found in the Lord’s temple.
You are to cook and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses, and you are to return to your tents in the morning.