Parallel Verses
Amplified
Josiah celebrated the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem; they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.
New American Standard Bible
Then Josiah
King James Version
Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Holman Bible
Josiah observed the Lord’s Passover
International Standard Version
Josiah observed the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem. They slaughtered the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
A Conservative Version
And Josiah kept a Passover to LORD in Jerusalem. And they killed the Passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.
American Standard Version
And Josiah kept a passover unto Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Bible in Basic English
And Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem; on the fourteenth day of the first month they put the Passover lamb to death.
Darby Translation
And Josiah held a passover to Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they slaughtered the passover on the fourteenth of the first month.
Julia Smith Translation
And Josiah will do in Jerusalem the passover to Jehovah: and they will slaughter the passover in the fourteenth day to the first month.
King James 2000
Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Josiah kept the Passover to Yahweh in Jerusalem. And they slaughtered the Passover [sacrifice] on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Modern King James verseion
And Josiah kept a Passover to Jehovah in Jerusalem. And they killed the passover lamb on the fourteenth of the first month.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Josiah held the feast of Passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem, and they slew Passover in the fourteenth day of the first month.
NET Bible
Josiah observed a Passover festival for the Lord in Jerusalem. They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.
New Heart English Bible
Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
The Emphasized Bible
And Josiah kept, in Jerusalem, a passover unto Yahweh, - and they slaughtered the passover, on the fourteenth of the first month.
Webster
Moreover, Josiah kept a passover to the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
World English Bible
Josiah kept a Passover to Yahweh in Jerusalem: and they killed the Passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Josiah maketh in Jerusalem a passover to Jehovah, and they slaughter the passover-offering on the fourteenth of the first month,
Themes
Feast of the passover » Remarkable celebrations of » In josiah's reign
Josiah » King of judah » In keeping a solemn passover
Levites » Assisted the priests in preparing the sacrifice
Liberality » Instances of » Josiah
typical nature of Paschal lamb » Killed at the place where the lord put his name
Interlinear
References
American
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 35:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Josiah Observes The Passover
1 Josiah celebrated the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem; they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month. 2 He appointed the priests to their positions and encouraged them in the service of the house of the Lord.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 12:6
You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to slaughter it
Numbers 9:3
On the fourteenth day of this month
2 Kings 23:21-23
Then the king commanded all the people, saying, “Celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God as it is written in this book of the covenant.”
Ezra 6:19
The [former] exiles kept the Passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.
Deuteronomy 16:1-8
“Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
2 Chronicles 30:1-27
Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and to Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh to come to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover Feast to the Lord God of Israel.
Ezekiel 45:21
“In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.