2 Chronicles 35:18-20

18 ¹There had not been celebrated a Passover like it in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet; nor had any of the kings of Israel celebrated such a Passover as Josiah did with the priests, the Levites, all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

19 In the eighteenth * year of Josiah's reign this Passover was celebrated.

Josiah Dies in Battle

20 ²After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt came up to make war at ³Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to engage him.

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2 Chronicles 35:18-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 35

In this chapter we have an account of the keeping of the passover and its preparation, for which the priests and Levites were ordered to prepare, and to which Josiah, and his princes, gave liberally, and such an one was kept as had not been for ages past, 2Ch 35:1-19, and of Josiah's rash engagement in battle with the king of Egypt, in which he was slain, 2Ch 35:20-23 and of the great lamentations that were made for him, 2Ch 35:24-27.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 3

1. 2 Kings 23:21; 2 Chronicles 30:5
2. 2 Kings 23:29, 30
3. Isaiah 10:9; Jeremiah 46:2

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "house"