2 Chronicles 35:1

Josiah Keeps the Passover

1 Now ^aJosiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the ^bfourteenth day of the first month.

2 And he set the priests in their ^aduties and ^bencouraged them for the service of the house of the Lord.

3 Then he said to the Levites ^awho taught all Israel, who were holy to the Lord: ^b“Put the holy ark ^cin the house which Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. ^dIt shall no longer be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and His people Israel.

4 Prepare yourselves ^aaccording to your fathers’ houses, according to your divisions, following the ^bwritten instruction of David king of Israel and the ^cwritten instruction of Solomon his son.

5 And ^astand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers’ houses of your brethren the lay people, and according to the division of the father’s house of the Levites.

6 So slaughter the Passover offerings, ^aconsecrate yourselves, and prepare them for your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses.”

7 Then Josiah ^agave the lay people lambs and young goats from the flock, all for Passover offerings for all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, as well as three thousand cattle; these were from the king’s ^bpossessions.

8 And his ^aleaders gave willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings two thousand six hundred from the flock, and three hundred cattle.

9 Also ^aConaniah, his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave to the Levites for Passover offerings five thousand from the flock and five hundred cattle.

Verse Comparison: 2 Chronicles 35:1

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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.

Amplified® Bible
JOSIAH KEPT the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem; they killed the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Contemporary English Version
Josiah commanded that Passover be celebrated in Jerusalem to honor the LORD. So, on the fourteenth day of the first month, the lambs were killed for the Passover celebration.

Darby English Version
And Josiah held a passover to Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they slaughtered the passover on the fourteenth of the first month.

Good News Bible
King Josiah celebrated the Passover at Jerusalem in honor of the LORD; on the fourteenth day of the first month they killed the animals for the festival.

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.

New American Standard Bible
Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover {animals} on the fourteenth {day} of the first month.

New International Version
Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.

New King James Version
Now Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover animals on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Revised Standard Version
Josi'ah kept a passover to the LORD in Jerusalem; and they killed the passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month.

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,

New English Translation
Josiah observed a Passover festival for the Lord in Jerusalem.¹ They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month.

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