2 Chronicles 35:1

Modern

Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Traditional

Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Literal

And Josiah made in Jerusalem a Passover to YHWH, and they slaughtered the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month.

Latin

Fecit autem Josias in Jerusalem Phase Domino, quod immolatum est quartadecima die mensis primi:

Hebrew

English

Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Theme notes and profiles

Exodus 12:6
You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
Numbers 9:3
You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”
2 Kings 23:21–23
The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”
Ezra 6:19
On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.
Ezekiel 45:21
On the fourteenth day of the first month you are to observe the Passover, a feast of seven days, during which unleavened bread shall be eaten.
2 Chronicles 30:1–27
Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Deuteronomy 16:1–8
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

Josiah: King of Judah known for his religious reforms Passover: An annual Jewish feast commemorating the Exodus

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions