Text: 2 Chronicles 35:1
OT Text Referred to: 2 Kings 23:21
Subject: Josiah keeps the Passover
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both texts record Josiah commanding the people to "keep the Passover (פֶּסַח, pesach) to the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant." Kings summarizes the celebration in three verses; the Chronicler expands to 19 verses with extensive detail about priestly and Levitical preparations, the distribution of Passover animals (30,000 lambs and kids, plus 3,000 cattle from Josiah's own provision), and the proper liturgical order. Both note the unprecedented nature of this Passover — the greatest since the days of the judges (Kings) or since the time of Samuel (Chronicles).