It came to pass in the eighteenth year of King Josiah that the king sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam the scribe, to the House of Adonai, saying.
2 Kings 23:23 - Tree of Life Version But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was observed for Adonai 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. |
It came to pass in the eighteenth year of King Josiah that the king sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam the scribe, to the House of Adonai, saying.
For no Passover like this had been celebrated from the days of the judges who judged Israel or in all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah.
Moreover, Josiah got rid of the necromancers and the mediums, the teraphim and the idols, and all the detestable things that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem—in order to confirm the words of the Torah that were written in the scroll that Hilkiah the kohen found in the House of Adonai.
You are to cook and eat it at the place Adonai your God chooses, then you will turn around in the morning and journey home.