21And he commanded all the people, saying: Keep the phase to the Lord your God, according as it is written in the book of this covenant.


In Context

18 And he said: Let him alone, let no man move his bones. So his bones were left untouched with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

19 Moreover all the temples of the high places, which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord, Josias took away: and he did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.

20 And he slew all the priests of the high places, that were there, upon the altars: and he burnt men's bones upon them: and returned to Jerusalem.

21 And he commanded all the people, saying: Keep the phase to the Lord your God, according as it is written in the book of this covenant.

22 Now there was no such a phase kept from the days of the judges, who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Juda,

23 As was this phase that was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem, in the eighteenth year of king Josias.

2 Kings 23:21 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:21The king gave this order to all the people: "Celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:21And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:21And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:21And the king commanded all the people saying, Hold the passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

23:21And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:21And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:21The king commanded all the people, saying, |Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:21And the king commandeth the whole of the people, saying, 'Make ye a passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written on this book of the covenant.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:21And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.