2 Kings 23:23

23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, [in which] this passover was held to the LORD in Jerusalem.

2 Kings 23:23 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 23:23

But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this
passover was holden to the Lord in Jerusalem.
] This shows that Josiah must begin the reformation very early that year, since he did all that is before recorded in this and the preceding chapter by the fourteenth of Nisan, the day on which the passover was kept, which month answers to part of our March and part of April, see ( 2 Kings 22:3 ) and was the same year the repairs of the temple were finished.

2 Kings 23:23 In-Context

21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover to the LORD your God, as [it is] written in the book of this covenant

22 Surely there was not held such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah.

23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, [in which] this passover was held to the LORD in Jerusalem.

24 Moreover the [workers with] familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

25 And like him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there [any] like him.