2 Chronicles 35 · Verse 18

2 Chronicles 35:18

And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 35:18, King James Version

2 Chronicles 35:18 in other translations

BSB	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.
WEB	There was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, nor did any of the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept—with the priests, the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
ASV	And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did any of the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
YLT	And there hath not been made a passover like it in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, and none of the kings of Israel made such a passover as Josiah hath made, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who are found, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
DARBY	And there was no passover like to that holden in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel hold such a passover as Josiah held, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
BBE	No Passover like it had been kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; and not one of the kings of Israel had ever kept a Passover like the one kept by Josiah and the priests and the Levites and all those of Judah and Israel who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.
Webster	And there was no passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

What does 2 Chronicles 35:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

18. there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel--One feature by which this passover was distinguished was the liberality of Josiah. But what distinguished it above all preceding solemnities was, not the imposing grandeur of the ceremonies, nor the immensity of the assembled concourse of worshippers; for these, with the exception of a few from the kingdom of Israel, were confined to two tribes; but it was the ardent devotion of the king and people, the disregard of purely traditional customs, and the unusually strict adherence, even in the smallest minutiæ, to the forms of observance prescribed in the book of the law, the discovery of an original copy of which had produced so great a sensation. Instead of "from the days of Samuel," the author of the Book of Kings says, "from the days of the judges who judged Israel" [2Ki 23:22]. The meaning is the same in both passages, for Samuel concluded the era of the judges. all Judah and Israel that were present--The great majority of the people of the northern kingdom were in exile, but some of the remaining inhabitants performed the journey to Jerusalem on this occasion. 37,600 paschal lambs and kids were used, which [2Ch 35:7], at ten to a company, would make 376,000 persons attending the feast.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 18 There was no passover like to that - "That which distinguished this passover from all the former was," says Calmet, "the great liberality of Josiah, who distributed to his people a greater number of victims than either David or Solomon had done."

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 35:1-19

The destruction Josiah made of idolatry, was more largely related in the book of Kings. His solemnizing the passover is related here. The Lord's supper resembles the passover more than any other of the Jewish festivals; and the due observance of that ordinance, is a proof of growing piety and devotion. God alone can truly make our hearts holy, and prepare them for his holy services; but there are duties belonging to…

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2 Chronicles 35:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808

נַעֲשָׂ֨הna.'a.Sahit had been observedH6213

פֶ֤סַחFe.sacha passoverH6453

כָּמֹ֙הוּ֙ka.Mo.hulike itH3644

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbe.Yis.ra.'Elin IsraelH3478

מִימֵ֖יmi.Meisince [the] days ofH3117

שְׁמוּאֵ֣לshe.mu.'ElSamuelH8050

הַנָּבִ֑יאha.na.Vi'the prophetH5030

וְכָל\־ve.kholand anyH3605

מַלְכֵ֣יmal.Khei<the> kings ofH4428

יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל\׀Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808

עָשׂ֡וּ'a.Suthey had observedH6213

כַּפֶּ֣סַחka.Pe.sachlike the passoverH6453

אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834

עָשָׂ֣ה'a.Sahhe observedH6213

יֹֽ֠אשִׁיָּהוּYo.shi.ya.huJosiahH2977

וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֨יםve.ha.ko.ha.Nimand the priestsH3548

וְהַלְוִיִּ֤םve.hal.vi.Yimand the LevitesH3881

וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605

יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063

וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣לve.Yis.ra.'Eland IsraelH3478

הַנִּמְצָ֔אha.nim.Tza'which was foundH4672

וְיוֹשְׁבֵ֖יve.yo.she.Veiand [the] inhabitants ofH3427

יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם\׃\ \סye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 35:18

2 Chronicles 30:5
So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer–sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written.
2 Kings 23:21-23
And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. Surely there was not holden 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; But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the Lord in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 30:26-27
So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem. Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

there was no passover.Not one on purer principles, more heartily joined in by the people present, more literally or exactly consecrated, according to the law, or more religiously observed. The words do not refer to the number present, but to the manner and spirit.
30:5; 2Ki 23:21-23
neither did.
30:26,27

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Context

2 Chronicles 35:17
And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
2 Chronicles 35:18
And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 35:19
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.

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2 Chronicles 35:18 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Nunca tal pascua fué hecha en Israel desde los días de Samuel el profeta; ni ningún rey de Israel hizo pascua tal como la que hizo el rey Josías, y los sacerdotes y Levitas, y todo Judá é Israel, los que se hallaron allí, juntamente con los moradores de Jerusalem.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et on n’avait point célébré en Israël de Pâque semblable depuis les jours de Samuel, le prophète; et aucun des rois d’Israël n’avait célébré une Pâque comme celle que firent Josias, et les sacrificateurs et les lévites, et tout Juda et Israël, qui s’y trouvèrent, et les habitants de Jérusalem.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und es war kein solches Passah in Israel gefeiert worden wie dieses, seit den Tagen Samuels, des Propheten; und alle Könige von Israel hatten kein Passah gefeiert wie dasjenige, welches Josia feierte und die Priester und die Leviten und ganz Juda und Israel, das sich vorfand, und die Bewohner von Jerusalem.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Non fuit Phase simile huic in Israël a diebus Samuelis prophetæ: sed nec quisquam de cunctis regibus Israël fecit Phase sicut Josias, sacerdotibus, et Levitis, et omni Judæ et Israël qui repertus fuerat, et habitantibus in Jerusalem.