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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."
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.
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
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.
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 sacrificed all the priests of the hill altars that were there, even upon the altars, and burnt men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem. 21 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." 22 For there was no passover held like that from the days of the judges that judged Israel, and throughout all the days of the kings of Israel and of Judah.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Observe the month of Abib, and offer Passover unto the LORD thy God. For in the month of Abib, the LORD thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night:
Exodus 12:3-20
Speak ye unto all the fellowship of Israel, saying that they take, the tenth day of this month, to every household: a sheep.
Leviticus 23:5-8
The fourteenth day of the first month at evening is the LORD's Passover.
Numbers 9:2-5
"Let the children of Israel offer Passover in his season:
Numbers 28:16-25
And the fourteenth day of the first month shall be Passover unto the LORD.
2 Chronicles 35:1-19
And Josiah held the feast of Passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem, and they slew Passover in the fourteenth day of the first month.