Bible Cross References
Surely
2 Chronicles 35:18
There had been no Passover kept in Israel like that since the days of Samuel the prophet; and none of the kings of Israel had kept such a Passover as Josiah kept, with the priests and the Levites, all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 35:19
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah this Passover was kept.
of the kings
2 Chronicles 30:1-3
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And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the Passover to the LORD God of Israel.
2
For the king and his leaders and all the assembly in Jerusalem had agreed to keep the Passover in the second month.
3
For they could not keep it at the regular time, because a sufficient number of priests had not consecrated themselves, nor had the people gathered together at Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 30:13-20
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Now many people, a very great assembly, gathered at Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month.
14
They arose and took away the altars that [were] in Jerusalem, and they took away all the incense altars and cast [them] into the Brook Kidron.
15
Then they slaughtered the Passover [lambs] on the fourteenth [day] of the second month. The priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought the burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.
16
They stood in their place according to their custom, according to the Law of Moses the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood [received] from the hand of the Levites.
17
For [there were] many in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves; therefore the Levites had charge of the slaughter of the Passover [lambs] for everyone [who was] not clean, to sanctify [them] to the LORD.
18
For a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, "May the good LORD provide atonement for everyone
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[who] prepares his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though [he is] not [cleansed] according to the purification of the sanctuary."
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And the LORD listened to Hezekiah and healed the people.
2 Chronicles 35:3-17
3
Then he said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to the LORD: "Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. [It shall] no longer [be] a burden on [your] shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.
4
"Prepare [yourselves] according to your fathers' houses, according to your divisions, following the written instruction of David king of Israel and the written instruction of Solomon his son.
5
"And stand 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.
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"So slaughter the Passover [offerings,] consecrate 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 gave 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 possessions.
8
And his leaders 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 Conaniah, 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.
10
So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their places, and the Levites in their divisions, according to the king's command.
11
And they slaughtered the Passover [offerings;] and the priests sprinkled [the blood] with their hands, while the Levites skinned [the animals.]
12
Then they removed the burnt offerings that [they] might give them to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the [lay] people, to offer to the LORD, as [it is] written in the Book of Moses. And so [they did] with the cattle.
13
Also they roasted the Passover [offerings] with fire according to the ordinance; but the [other] holy [offerings] they boiled in pots, in caldrons, and in pans, and divided [them] quickly among all the [lay] people.
14
Then afterward they prepared portions for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the sons of Aaron, [were busy] in offering burnt offerings and fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared portions for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron.
15
And the singers, the sons of Asaph, [were] in their places, according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer. Also the gatekeepers were at each gate; they did not have to leave their position, because their brethren the Levites prepared portions for them.
16
So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.
17
And the children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.