2 Kings 23:22 - Forerunner Commentary

2 Kings 23:22

20 ^aHe ^bexecuted all the priests of the¹ high places who were there, on the altars, and ^cburned men’s bones on them; and he returned to Jerusalem.

21 Then the king commanded all the people, saying, ^a“Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, ^bas it is written in this Book of the Covenant.”

22 ^aSuch a Passover surely had never been held since the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah.

23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah this Passover was held before the Lord in Jerusalem.

24 Moreover Josiah put away those who consulted mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might perform the words of ^athe law which were written in the book ^bthat Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.

Verse Comparison: 2 Kings 23:22

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American Standard Version
Surely there was not kept such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

Amplified® Bible
Surely such a Passover was not held from the days of Israel's judges, even in all the days of the kings of Israel or Judah.

Contemporary English Version
This festival had not been celebrated in this way since kings ruled Israel and Judah.

Darby English Version
For there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

Good News Bible
No Passover like this one had ever been celebrated by any of the kings of Israel or of Judah, since the time when judges ruled the nation.

King James Version
Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

New American Standard Bible
Surely such a Passover had not been celebrated from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and of the kings of Judah.

New International Version
Not since the days of the judges who led Israel, nor throughout the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah, had any such Passover been observed.

New King James Version
Such a Passover surely had never been held since the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Surely they had celebrated such a Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and of the kings of Judah.

Revised Standard Version
For no such passover had been kept since the days of the judges who judged Israel, or during all the days of the kings of Israel or of the kings of Judah;

Young's Literal Translation
Surely there hath not been made like this passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, even all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah;

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