2 Kings 23:21
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.
Context
This verse from 2 Kings Chapter 23 connects to 10 cross-references. Josiah reads the Book of the Covenant to all the people and they renew the covenant. He launches an extensive reform: removing Baal altars, Asherah poles, sun-horses, high places—including those of Solomon—from Jerusalem and all Judah. He defiles the high …
Other Translations
And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.
And the king commandeth the whole of the people, saying, `Make ye a passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written on this book of the covenant.'
And the king gave orders to all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, as it says in this book of the law.
Cross References
Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to …
And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the Lord.
And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: …
Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord …
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib …
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of …