2 Chronicles 35:19

In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.

2 Chronicles 35:19, King James Version

2 Chronicles 35:19 in other translations

BSB	In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed.
WEB	This Passover was kept in the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah.
ASV	In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
YLT	In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah hath this passover been made.
DARBY	In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover holden.
BBE	In the eighteenth year of the rule of Josiah this Passover was kept.
Webster	In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.

What does 2 Chronicles 35:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

19. In the eighteenth year of the reign Josiah was this passover kept--"It is said (2Ki 22:3) that Josiah sent Shaphan to Hilkiah in the eighth month of that year." If this statement rests upon an historical basis, all the events narrated here (at 2Ch 34:8-35:19) must have happened in about the space of five months and a half. We should then have a proof that the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign was reckoned from the autumn (compare 2Ch 29:3). "The eighth month" of the sacred year in the eighteenth year of his reign would be the second month of his eighteenth year, and the first month of the new year would be the seventh month [Bertheau]. 2Ch 35:20-27. His Death.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

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 35:19 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.

בִּשְׁמוֹנֶ֤הbish.mo.Nehin eight-H8083

עֶשְׂרֵה֙'es.RehteenH6240

שָׁנָ֔הsha.NahyearH8141

לְמַלְכ֖וּתle.mal.Khutof [the] reign ofH4438

יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּyo.shi.Ya.huJosiahH2977

נַעֲשָׂ֖הna.'a.Sahit was observedH6213

הַפֶּ֥סַחha.Pe.sachthe passoverH6453

הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

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.
2 Chronicles 35:20
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him.

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2 Chronicles 35:19 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Esta pascua fué celebrada en el año dieciocho del rey Josías.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Cette Pâque fut célébrée la dix-huitième année du règne de Josias.
German Elberfelder 1871	Im achtzehnten Jahre der Regierung Josias ist dieses Passah gefeiert worden.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Octavodecimo anno regni Josiæ hoc Phase celebratum est.