2 Chronicles 35:1

What does 2 Chronicles 35:1 mean?

A plain-English look at 2 Chronicles 35:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Josiah kept a passover unto Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Josiah kept a passover unto Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem; on the fourteenth day of the first month they put the Passover lamb to death.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Josiah maketh in Jerusalem a passover to Jehovah, and they slaughter the passover-offering on the fourteenth of the first month,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And Josias kept a phase to the Lord in Jerusalem, and it was sacrificed on the fourteenth day of the first month.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And Josiah held a passover to Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they slaughtered the passover on the fourteenth of the first month.

Context

v.1This passage

v.2And he set the priests in their offices, and encouraged them to the service of the house of Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:1

    And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of Jehovah at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto Jehovah, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Kings 23:21

    And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.

  • Deuteronomy 16:1

    Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto Jehovah thy God; for in the month of Abib Jehovah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

  • Ezekiel 45:21

    In the firstmonth, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.

  • Ezra 6:19

    And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.

  • Numbers 9:3

    In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in its appointed season: according to all the statutes of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof, shall ye keep it.

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