2 Kings 23:23

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

save only, in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, when this passover was held unto Yahweh, in Jerusalem.

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.

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.

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, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the entrance-hall, to bring forth, out of the temple of Yahweh, all the vessels that had been made for Baal and for the Sacred Stem, and for all the army of the heavens, - and he burned them up outside Jerusalem, in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel; ⁵ and he put down the idol-priests, whom the kings of Judah had appointed, so that incense might be burned in the high places, in the cities of Judah, and round about Jerusalem, - them also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the constellations, and to all the army of the heavens; ⁶ and he brought forth the Sacred Stem out of the house of Yahweh, outside Jerusalem, into the Kidron ravine, and burned it in the Kidron ravine, and crushed it to powder, - and cast the powder upon the graves of the sons of the people; ⁷ and he brake down the houses of the male devotees, which were in the house of Yahweh, - where the women did weave houses to the Sacred Stem; ⁸ and be brought in all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where, the priests, had burned incense, from Geba unto Beer-sheba, - and brake 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 hand, in the gate of the city; ⁹ howbeit, the priests of the high places came not up unto the altar of Yahweh, in Jerusalem, save only that they did eat unleavened bread in the midst of their brethren; ¹⁰ and he defiled Topheth, which was in the valley of the son of Hinnom, - so that no man might cause his son or his daughter to pass through the fire unto Molech; ¹¹ and he did away with the horses, which the kings of Judah had devoted to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, near the chamber of Nathan-melech the courtier, which was in the suburbs, also, the chariots of the sun, burned he with fire; ¹² and, the altars which were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, also the altars which Manasseh had made, in the two courts of the house of Yahweh, did the king break down, - and hurried away from thence, and cast out the powder of them into the Kidron ravine; ¹³ and, the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of destruction, which Solomon king of Israel had built unto Ashtoreth - the abomination of the Zidonians, and unto Chemosh - the abomination of the Moabites, and unto Milcom - the disgusting thing of the sons of Ammon, did the king defile;

Bible Verse Review
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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.