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Bread seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/35.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/35.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/35.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/35.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the sons of Israel who were present celebrated the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/35.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Thus the sons of Israel who were present celebrated the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/35.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thus the sons of Israel who were present celebrated the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/35.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Thus the sons of Israel who were present celebrated the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/35.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Thus the sons of Israel who were present celebrated the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/35.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Israelites who were present in Judah also observed the Passover at that time and the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/35.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Israelites who were present in Judah also observed the Passover at that time and the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/35.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/35.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The worshipers then celebrated the Festival of Thin Bread for the next seven days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/35.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/35.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The Israelites who were present celebrated the Passover at that time. They also celebrated the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/35.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />For seven days all the people of Israel who were present celebrated the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/35.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The Israelis who were present celebrated the Passover that day, as well as the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/35.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/35.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So the Israelites who were present observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/35.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/35.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/35.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/35.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the sons of Israel who are found make the Passover at that time, and the Celebration of Unleavened Things, [for] seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/35.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the sons of Israel who are found make the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened things, seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/35.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the sons of Israel being found will do the passover in that time, and the festival of the unleavened seven days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/35.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel that were found there, kept the phase at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/35.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the sons of Israel, who had been found there, kept the Passover at that time, with the solemnity of unleavened bread, for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/35.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The Israelites who were present on that occasion kept the Passover and the feast of the Unleavened Bread for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/35.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The people of Israel who were present kept the passover at that time, and the festival of unleavened bread seven days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/35.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the children of Israel who were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of the unleavened bread seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/35.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the children of Israel who were present made Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/35.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/35.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=9728" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/35.htm">Josiah Restores the Passover</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">16</span>So on that day the entire service of the LORD was carried out for celebrating the Passover and offering burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah. <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">The Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: han·nim·ṣə·’îm (Art:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To attain to, find. ">who were present</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: way·ya·‘ă·śū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">also observed</a> <a href="/hebrew/6453.htm" title="6453: hap·pe·saḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- Passover. From pacach; a pretermission, i.e. Exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover.">the Passover</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hî (Art:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">at that</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6256.htm" title="6256: bā·‘êṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-cs) -- Time. From ad; time, especially now, when, etc.">time,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2282.htm" title="2282: ḥaḡ (N-msc) -- A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast. Or chag; from chagag; a festival, or a victim therefor.">as well as the Feast</a> <a href="/hebrew/4682.htm" title="4682: ham·maṣ·ṣō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Unleavened bread or cake. ">of Unleavened Bread</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘aṯ (Number-msc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">for seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days.</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-14.htm">Exodus 12:14-20</a></span><br />And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come. / For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel. / On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">Leviticus 23:4-8</a></span><br />These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. / The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. / On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/9-1.htm">Numbers 9:1-5</a></span><br />In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai: / “The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. / You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">Deuteronomy 16:1-8</a></span><br />Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. / You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. / You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-21.htm">2 Kings 23:21-23</a></span><br />The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” / No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah. / But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-1.htm">2 Chronicles 30:1-5</a></span><br />Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. / For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month, / since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/6-19.htm">Ezra 6:19-22</a></span><br />On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover. / All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves. / The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-17.htm">Matthew 26:17-19</a></span><br />On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’” / So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-12.htm">Mark 14:12-16</a></span><br />On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him, / and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-7.htm">Luke 22:7-13</a></span><br />Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. / Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” / “Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/13-1.htm">John 13:1-17</a></span><br />It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end. / The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. / Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7-8</a></span><br />Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-28.htm">Hebrews 11:28</a></span><br />By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">Exodus 13:3-10</a></span><br />So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten. / Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving. / And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/28-16.htm">Numbers 28:16-25</a></span><br />The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover. / On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten. / On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.</p><p class="hdg">present [heb] found </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/30-21.htm">2 Chronicles 30:21-23</a></b></br> And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, <i>singing</i> with loud instruments unto the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Exodus 12:15-20</a></b></br> Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/13-6.htm">Exodus 13:6,7</a></b></br> Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day <i>shall be</i> a feast to the LORD… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/30-21.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm">Celebrated</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-13.htm">Children</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-23.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-33.htm">Found</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm">Held</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-8.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-6.htm">Observed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-16.htm">Passover</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-12.htm">Present</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-24.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-16.htm">Time</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/30-21.htm">Unleavened</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezra/6-22.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-18.htm">Celebrated</a> <a href="/ezra/2-1.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezra/3-4.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/36-8.htm">Found</a> <a href="/ezra/3-4.htm">Held</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-18.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezra/2-59.htm">Israelites</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-18.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/ezra/6-19.htm">Observed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-18.htm">Passover</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-18.htm">Present</a> <a href="/ezra/2-5.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/36-21.htm">Time</a> <a href="/ezra/6-22.htm">Unleavened</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 35</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm">Josiah keeps a most solemn Passover</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-20.htm">He provoking Pharaoh Neco, is slain at Megiddo</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-25.htm">Lamentations for Josiah</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Josiah was a reforming king of Judah who sought to restore the worship of Yahweh according to the Law of Moses. The presence of Israelites indicates a gathering of the people from various tribes, emphasizing unity and collective worship. This gathering is significant as it reflects a return to covenant faithfulness, reminiscent of earlier times when all Israel gathered for worship, such as during the reigns of David and Solomon.<p><b>also observed the Passover at that time</b><br>The Passover is a pivotal event in Israel's history, commemorating their deliverance from slavery in Egypt. It is a time of remembrance and celebration of God's salvation and faithfulness. Josiah's observance of the Passover is notable because it was conducted according to the prescriptions found in the Book of the Law, which had been rediscovered during his reign. This observance is a return to the foundational practices of the faith, highlighting a revival of religious purity and devotion. The Passover also serves as a type of Christ, foreshadowing Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.<p><b>as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days</b><br>The Feast of Unleavened Bread immediately follows the Passover and lasts for seven days. It involves the removal of leaven from homes, symbolizing the removal of sin and corruption. This feast is a time of purification and dedication to God, reinforcing the themes of holiness and separation from sin. The seven-day duration signifies completeness and perfection in biblical numerology. The observance of this feast alongside the Passover underscores a comprehensive return to the practices commanded in the Torah, reflecting a holistic approach to worship and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/josiah.htm">Josiah</a></b><br>The King of Judah who reigned from approximately 640 to 609 BC. Known for his religious reforms and efforts to restore the worship of Yahweh, Josiah is a central figure in this passage.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah, where the Passover celebration took place. It was the spiritual and political center of the Jewish people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/passover.htm">Passover</a></b><br>A significant Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' deliverance from Egypt. In this context, it represents a return to covenant faithfulness under Josiah's leadership.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of Judah and remnants of the northern tribes who participated in the Passover celebration, symbolizing unity and collective worship.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_priests_and_levites.htm">The Priests and Levites</a></b><br>Religious leaders responsible for conducting the Passover rituals and ensuring adherence to the Law of Moses.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Josiah's observance of the Passover demonstrates the importance of adhering to God's commands. Believers today are called to live in obedience to God's Word, reflecting His holiness in their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/revival_and_reform.htm">Revival and Reform</a></b><br>Josiah's actions show that true revival begins with a return to God's Word and a commitment to His ways. Personal and communal renewal requires a heart aligned with God's purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unity_in_worship.htm">Unity in Worship</a></b><br>The gathering of the Israelites for Passover illustrates the power of unified worship. Christians are encouraged to come together in worship, fostering community and shared faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/remembrance_and_celebration.htm">Remembrance and Celebration</a></b><br>The Passover serves as a reminder of God's deliverance and faithfulness. Believers are called to remember and celebrate God's work in their lives, fostering gratitude and trust.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/leadership_and_influence.htm">Leadership and Influence</a></b><br>Josiah's leadership had a profound impact on the nation. Christians in positions of influence are encouraged to lead by example, promoting godliness and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_35.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 35</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_feasible_were_30,000_sacrifices.htm">How could 2 Chronicles 35:7’s massive number of sacrificed animals (30,000 lambs and goats) be logistically and historically feasible? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_2_chr_35_18_ignore_hezekiah's_passover.htm">In 2 Chronicles 35:18, why does the text claim no Passover like Josiah's had been celebrated 'since the days of Samuel,' seemingly ignoring the grand Passover of Hezekiah in 2 Chronicles 30?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_josiah's_passover_scale_plausible.htm">Is the reported scale of Josiah's Passover celebration (2 Kings 23:21-23) historically plausible, given scant external corroboration?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_leviticus_sacrifices_avoid_health_issues.htm">How feasible is it, historically, that large numbers of animal sacrifices described in Leviticus 4 could be carried out without creating severe public health issues?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/35.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div><span class= "bld">CHARACTER OF THE PASSOVER THUS HELD, AND ITS DATE</span> (<a href="/context/2_chronicles/35-17.htm" title="And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.">2Chronicles 35:17-19</a>).<p>(17) <span class= "bld">At that time.</span>--The Passover was kept on the evening of the 14th Nisan, and the Mazzoth from the 15th to the 21st of the same month.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The Israelites</span><br /><span class="heb">בְנֵֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who were present</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(han·nim·ṣə·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present</span><br /><br /><span class="word">also observed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘ă·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Passover</span><br /><span class="heb">הַפֶּ֖סַח</span> <span class="translit">(hap·pe·saḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6453.htm">Strong's 6453: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pretermission, exemption, Passover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at that</span><br /><span class="heb">הַהִ֑יא</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">time,</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּעֵ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(bā·‘êṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6256.htm">Strong's 6256: </a> </span><span class="str2">Time, now, when</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as well as the Feast</span><br /><span class="heb">חַ֥ג</span> <span class="translit">(ḥaḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2282.htm">Strong's 2282: </a> </span><span class="str2">A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Unleavened Bread</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמַּצּ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ham·maṣ·ṣō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4682.htm">Strong's 4682: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sweetness, sweet, an unfermented cake, loaf, the festival of Passover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days.</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">2 Chronicles 35:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">2 Chronicles 35:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">2 Chronicles 35:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">2 Chronicles 35:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">2 Chronicles 35:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">2 Chronicles 35:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">2 Chronicles 35:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">2 Chronicles 35:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">2 Chronicles 35:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">2 Chronicles 35:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 35:17 The children of Israel who were present (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 35:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 35:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 35:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 35:18" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>