2 Re 23:22

22 Perciocchè dal tempo de’ Giudici che aveano giudicato Israele, nè in tutto il tempo dei re d’Israele e di Giuda, non era stata celebrata tal Pasqua,

2 Re 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 Re 23:22 In-Context

20 E sacrificò sopra gli altari tutti i sacerdoti degli alti luoghi; ch’erano quivi; ed arse ossa d’uomini sopra quelli. Poi se ne ritornò in Gerusalemme.

21 Allora il re comandò a tutto il popolo, dicendo: Fate la Pasqua al Signore Iddio vostro, secondo ch’è scritto in questo libro del Patto

22 Perciocchè dal tempo de’ Giudici che aveano giudicato Israele, nè in tutto il tempo dei re d’Israele e di Giuda, non era stata celebrata tal Pasqua,

23 qual fu quella che fu celebrata al Signore in Gerusalemme, l’anno diciottesimo del re Giosia.

24 Giosia tolse eziandio via quelli che aveano lo spirito di Pitone, e gl’indovini, e le statue, e gl’idoli, e tutte le abbominazioni che si vedevano nel paese di Giuda, ed in Gerusalemme; per mettere ad effetto le parole della Legge, scritte nel libro che il sacerdote Hilchia avea trovato nella Casa del Signore.