2 Reis 23:22

22 Nem nos dias dos juízes que lideraram Israel, nem durante todos os dias dos reis de Israel e dos reis de Judá, foi celebrada uma Páscoa como esta.

2 Reis 23:22 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 23:22

Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of
the judges that judged Israel
As the king commanded; the people obeyed and kept the passover, according to the law of the Lord; the manner of its being kept is not here recorded, but is at large in ( 2 Chronicles 35:1-19 ) where it is observed there had not been such an one from the days of Samuel, the last of the judges; so that the days of the judges here mean the last days of them:

nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
since the division of the kingdoms; for as for the kings of Israel, they kept it not; and though it was observed in the times of Hezekiah king of Judah, yet not universally, and by some in their uncleanness; for it is a mistake of Clemens of Alexandria ^F23, that it was not kept in the times between Samuel and Josiah; in the days of David and Solomon it might be kept by greater numbers, but not with such purity, and with such cheerfulness and joy of heart, or with so many other sacrifices attending it, or so exactly agreeable to the law of God, and with such munificence and liberality; the king, and the chief of the priests and Levites, providing out of their own substance for the people and their brethren.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Stromat. l. 1. p. 328.

2 Reis 23:22 In-Context

20 Josias também mandou sacrificar todos os sacerdotes daqueles altares idólatras e queimou ossos humanos sobre os altares. Depois voltou a Jerusalém.

21 Então o rei deu a seguinte ordem a todo o povo: “Celebrem a Páscoa ao SENHOR, o seu Deus, conforme está escrito neste Livro da Aliança”.

22 Nem nos dias dos juízes que lideraram Israel, nem durante todos os dias dos reis de Israel e dos reis de Judá, foi celebrada uma Páscoa como esta.

23 Mas, no décimo oitavo ano do reinado de Josias, esta Páscoa foi celebrada ao SENHOR em Jerusalém.

24 Além disso, Josias eliminou os médiuns, os que consultavam espíritos, os ídolos da família, os outros ídolos e todas as outras coisas repugnantes que havia em Judá e em Jerusalém. Ele fez isso para cumprir as exigências da Lei escritas no livro que o sacerdote Hilquias havia descoberto no templo do SENHOR.