2 Chronicles 35:17

17 The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread ^[a] for seven days.

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 singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

16 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.

17 The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.

18 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.

19 In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed.

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, the seven-day period after the Passover during which no leaven may be eaten; see Exodus 12:14–20.