Parallel Verses
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.
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
He killed all the priests of the high places on the altars. Their bones were burned on the altars. Then the king went back to Jerusalem.
21 Then the king commanded all the people saying, “
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to Jehovah your God. It was in the month of Abib that Jehovah your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
Exodus 12:3-20
Tell the whole community of Israel: 'On the tenth day of this month each man must take a sheep for his family, one animal per household.
Leviticus 23:5-8
The Passover, celebrated to honor Jehovah, begins at sunset on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Numbers 9:2-5
The Israelites should celebrate the Passover at the same time every year.
Numbers 28:16-25
Jehovah's Passover is the fourteenth day of the first month.
2 Chronicles 35:1-19
Josiah celebrated the Passover to Jehovah in Jerusalem. The Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.