2 Kings 23:21

Modern

The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”

Traditional

And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.

Literal

And the king commanded all the people, saying, “Make a Passover to YHWH your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”

Latin

Et præcepit omni populo, dicens: Facite Phase Domino Deo vestro, secundum quod scriptum est in libro fœderis hujus.

Hebrew

English

The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”

Hezekiah celebrated the Passover with some changes (2 Chronicles 30:1–4, 13, 23–27). Josiah's Passover followed the law's strict rules (2 Chronicles 35:1–19).
The eighteenth year was when they found the Book of the Law (2 Kings 22:3, 8).

Theme notes and profiles

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.
Numbers 9:2–5
“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.
Exodus 12:3–20
Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.
Leviticus 23:5–8
The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2 Chronicles 35:1–19
Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Numbers 28:16–25
The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.

Passover: An annual Jewish feast commemorating the Exodus