Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And the king will command all the people, saying, Do the passover to Jehovah your God, according to the writing upon the book of this covenant
New American Standard Bible
Then the king commanded all the people saying, “
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the Lord your God as written in the book of the covenant.”
International Standard Version
After this, the king commanded all of the people, "Celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, just as it's prescribed in this Book of the Covenant."
A Conservative Version
And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to LORD your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
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.”
Bible in Basic English
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
Darby Translation
And the king commanded all the people saying, Hold the passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then the king commanded all of the people, saying, "Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as has been written on the scroll of this covenant.
Modern King James verseion
And the king commanded all the people saying, Prepare the Passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written in the Book of the Covenant.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the king commanded all the people, saying, "Keep the feast of passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant."
NET Bible
The king ordered all the people, "Observe the Passover of the Lord your God, as prescribed in this scroll of the covenant."
New Heart English Bible
The king commanded all the people, saying, "Keep the Passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant."
The Emphasized Bible
Then did the king command all the people, saying, Keep ye a passover unto Yahweh, your God, - such as is written in this book of the covenant.
Webster
And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
World English Bible
The king commanded all the people, saying, "Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant."
Youngs Literal Translation
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.'
Themes
Israel » Josiah » Succeeds » Amon » Revival
Josiah » King of judah » In keeping a solemn passover
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 23:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Passover Renewed
20 And he will sacrifice all the priests of the heights which were there upon the altars, and he will burn the bones of man upon them, and he will turn back to Jerusalem. 21 And the king will command all the people, saying, Do the passover to Jehovah your God, according to the writing upon the book of this covenant 22 For there was not done according to this passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel and all the days of the kings of Israel, and the kings of Judah.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Watch the month of Abib, and do the passover to Jehovah thy God: for in the month of Abib Jehovah thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night
Exodus 12:3-20
Speak ye to all the assembly of Israel, saying, In the tenth of this month and they shall take to them each a sheep, according to the house of the fathers; a sheep for a house.
Leviticus 23:5-8
In the first month, in the fourteenth of the month, between the two evenings, the passover to Jehovah.
Numbers 9:2-5
And the sons of Israel shall do the passover in its appointment
Numbers 28:16-25
And in the first month, in the fourteenth day to the month, a passover to Jehovah.
2 Chronicles 35:1-19
And Josiah will do in Jerusalem the passover to Jehovah: and they will slaughter the passover in the fourteenth day to the first month.