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New American Standard Bible

2 Kings 23:23

But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated to the LORD in Jerusalem.

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.
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.
King James Version (1611)
But in the eighteenth yeere of king Iosiah, wherein this Passeouer was holden to the Lord in Ierusalem.
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 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the utensils that had been made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the heavenly lights; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley, and carried their ashes to Bethel. 5 Then he did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, as well as those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the remaining heavenly lights. 6 He also brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people. 7 And he tore down the cubicles of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the LORD, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah. 8 Then he brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he tore down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on one's left at the city gate. 9 Nevertheless the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers. 10 He also defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, so that no one would make his son or his daughter pass through the fire for Molech. 11 And he did away with the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the official, which was at the covered courtyard; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 12 The king also tore down the altars that were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD; and he smashed them there and threw their dust into the brook Kidron. 13 And the king defiled the high places that were opposite Jerusalem, which were on the right of the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon.

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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