Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

There was no passover

Neither did

General references

Bible References

There was no passover

2 Chronicles 30:5
So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout all Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to celebrate the Passover to the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem. For they had not celebrated it in great numbers as it was prescribed.
2 Kings 23:21
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.”

Neither did

2 Chronicles 30:26
So there was great joy in Jerusalem, because there was nothing like this in Jerusalem since the days of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel.

General references

Leviticus 23:5
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover.
Isaiah 17:7
In that day man will have regard for his Maker
And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel.

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