2 Chronicles 35:19
in 2 Chronicles 35In the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed.
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ASV
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
KJV
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 35
Commentary
2 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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.
This site's exposition
no passover like to that kept
on 2 Chronicles 35:18-19
Verse 18 dates the superlative to the days of Samuel the prophet, further back than Hezekiah's passover in chapter 30, which had claimed nothing like it only since the time of Solomon. Wesley reads a difference of kind and not only scale: Hezekiah's keeping had irregularities the law did not intend, while Josiah's ran exactly according to the law, and Josiah alone furnished the whole congregation at his own cost. The eighteenth year, verse 19, is the same year 34:8 dates the temple repair and the finding of the book of the law, so the reform and this passover belong to one burst of activity late in the reign.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בִּשְׁמוֹנֶ֤ה | bishmoneh | in eight- | H8083 → | 109 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵה֙ | ʾesreh | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| לְמַלְכ֖וּת | lemalkhut | of [the] reign of | H4438 → | 91 times |
| יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ | yoshiyahu | Josiah | H2977 → | 53 times |
| נַעֲשָׂ֖ה | naasah | it was observed | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הַפֶּ֥סַח | hapesach | the passover | H6453 → | 49 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
בִּשְׁמוֹנֶ֤הin eight-
bishmonehH8083 →109 times
עֶשְׂרֵה֙teen
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear
shanahH8141 →877 times
לְמַלְכ֖וּתof [the] reign of
lemalkhutH4438 →91 times
יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּJosiah
yoshiyahuH2977 →53 times
נַעֲשָׂ֖הit was observed
naasahH6213 →2628 times
הַפֶּ֥סַחthe passover
hapesachH6453 →49 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.