2 Chronicles 35:17

17 For seven days all the people of Israel who were present celebrated the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. ¹

2 Chronicles 35:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 35:17

And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover
at that time
In its proper time, on the fourteenth day of Nisan:

and the feast of unleavened bread seven days;
the seven days following the passover, as the Lord by Moses appointed.

2 Chronicles 35:17 In-Context

15 The following musicians of the Levite clan of Asaph were in the places assigned to them by King David's instructions: Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, the king's prophet. The guards at the Temple gates did not need to leave their posts, because the other Levites prepared the Passover for them.

16 So, as King Josiah had commanded, everything was done that day for the worship of the Lord, the keeping of the Passover Festival, and the offering of burnt offerings on the altar.

17 For seven days all the people of Israel who were present celebrated the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread.

18 Since the days of the prophet Samuel, the Passover had never been celebrated like this. None of the former kings had ever celebrated a Passover like this one celebrated by King Josiah, the priests, the Levites, and the people of Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem

19 in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign.

Cross References

• 1. 35.17Exodus 12.1-20.