23but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.


In Context

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

21 And 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.

22 Surely there was not kept such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

23 but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.

24 Moreover them that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.

25 And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

2 Kings 23:23 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

23:23But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was celebrated to the Lord in Jerusalem.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:23But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, [wherein] this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

23:23but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover kept to Jehovah in Jerusalem.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:23but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover holden to Jehovah in Jerusalem.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:23But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, in which this passover was held to the LORD in Jerusalem.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

23:23but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this Passover kept to Yahweh in Jerusalem.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

23:23but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, hath this passover been made to Jehovah in Jerusalem.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

23:23But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was held to the LORD in Jerusalem.