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King James Version (1611 Edition)

2 Kings 23:23

But in the eighteenth yeere of king Iosiah, wherein this Passeouer was holden to the Lord in Ierusalem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Josiah;   Passover;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feast of the Passover, the;   Money;   Zeal;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Zephaniah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Gods and Goddesses, Pagan;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Josiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Festivals;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Hexateuch;   Hilkiah;   Idolatry;   Mizpah, Mizpeh;   Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Josiah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Raca;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the Lord’s Passover was observed in Jerusalem.
Hebrew Names Version
but in the eighteenth year of king Yoshiyahu was this Pesach kept to the LORD in Yerushalayim.
King James Version
But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the Lord in Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.
New Century Version
This Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem in the eighteenth year of King Josiah's rule.
New English Translation
But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah's reign, such a Passover of the Lord was observed in Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover to the LORD was kept in Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated to the LORD in Jerusalem.
World English Bible
but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this Passover kept to Yahweh in Jerusalem.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And in the eightenth yere of King Iosiah was this Passeouer celebrated to the Lord in Ierusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated to Yahweh in Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
But in the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.
Contemporary English Version
But in Josiah's eighteenth year as king of Judah, everyone came to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover.
Complete Jewish Bible
But in the eighteenth year of King Yoshiyahu this Pesach was observed to Adonai in Yerushalayim.
Darby Translation
but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover holden to Jehovah in Jerusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
They celebrated this Passover for the Lord in Jerusalem during Josiah's 18th year as king.
George Lamsa Translation
Like that in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, when this passover was kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
Now at last, in the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah, the Passover was celebrated in Jerusalem.
Lexham English Bible
But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was kept for Yahweh in Jerusalem.
Literal Translation
but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was prepared to Jehovah in Jerusalem.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but in the eightenth yeare of kynge Iosias, was this Easter kepte vnto the LORDE at Ierusalem.
American Standard Version
but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover kept to Jehovah in Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
In the eighteenth year of the rule of King Josiah this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
In the eighteenth yere of king Iosia, was this Passouer holden to the Lord in Hierusalem.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
But in the eighteenth year of king Josias, was the passover kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
as this pask was maad to the Lord in Jerusalem in the eiytenthe yeer of kyng Josias.
Update Bible Version
but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover kept to Yahweh in Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, [in which] this passover was held to the LORD in Jerusalem.
New King James Version
But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this Passover was held before the LORD in Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah's reign, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem.
New Life Bible
But this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem in the eighteenth year of King Josiah.
New Revised Standard
but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
save only, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, when this passover was held unto Yahweh, in Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible
As was this Phase, that was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of king Josias.
Revised Standard Version
but in the eighteenth year of King Josi'ah this passover was kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, hath this passover been made to Jehovah in Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high Priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the doore to bring forth out of the Temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the groue, and for all the hoste of heauen: and he burnt them without Ierusalem in the fields of Kidron, and caried the ashes of them vnto Bethel. 5 And hee put downe the idolatrous priests whome the kings of Iudah had ordeined to burne incense in the high places, in the cities of Iudah and in the places round about Ierusalem: them also that burnt incense vnto Baal, to the Sunne, and to the Moone, and to the Planets, and to all the hoste of heauen. 6 And he brought out the groue from the house of the Lord, without Ierusalem, vnto the brooke Kidron, and burnt it at the brooke Kidron, and stampt it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof vpon the graues of the children of the people. 7 And he brake downe the houses of the Sodomites that were by the house of the Lord, where the women woue hangings for the groue. 8 And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Iudah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burnt incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake downe the hie places of the gates that were in the entring in of the gate of Ioshua the gouernour of the citie, which were on a mans left hand at the gate of the citie. 9 Neuerthelesse, the priests of the high places came not vp to the Altar of the Lord in Ierusalem, but they did eate of the vnleauened bread among their brethren. 10 And he defiled Topheth which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his sonne or his daughter to passe through the fire to Molech. 11 And he tooke away the horses that the kings of Iudah had giuen to the Sunne, at the entring in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlaine, which was in the suburbs, and burnt the charets of the Sunne with fire, 12 And the altars that were on the top of the vpper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Iudah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat downe, and brake them downe from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brooke Kidron. 13 And the high places that were before Ierusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth, the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milchom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 16:7 - in the place Ezekiel 4:6 - forty days

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the Lord in Jerusalem. This shows that Josiah must begin the reformation very early that year, since he did all that is before recorded in this and the preceding chapter by the fourteenth of Nisan, the day on which the passover was kept, which month answers to part of our March and part of April, see 2 Kings 22:3 and was the same year the repairs of the temple were finished.


 
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