KJV 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.
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2 Chronicles 35:1
Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
WEB World English Bible
Josiah kept a Passover to Yahweh in Jerusalem: and they killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Josiah maketh in Jerusalem a passover to Jehovah, and they slaughter the passover-offering on the fourteenth of the first month,
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 35
1 Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the first month.
2 And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD,
3 And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; [it shall] not [be] a burden upon [your] shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,
4 And prepare [yourselves] by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּ֨עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: doיֹאשִׁיָּ֧הוּH2977 · yo.shiy.yahJosiahבִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֛םH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalemפֶּ֖סַחH6453 · pe.sachPassoverלַיהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַיִּשְׁחֲט֣וּH7819 · sha.chatto slaughterהַפֶּ֔סַחH6453 · pe.sachPassoverבְּאַרְבָּעָ֥הH702 · ar.bafourעָשָׂ֖רH6240 · a.sartenלַחֹ֥דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthהָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃H7223 · ri.shonfirst
Cross-references
Exodus 12:6And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.Numbers 9:3In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.Ezra 6:19And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth [day] of the first month.2 Kings 23:21-23And 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.Ezekiel 45:21In the first [month], in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.Deuteronomy 16:1-8Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.2 Chronicles 30:1-27And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.
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