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.'


In Context

18 And he saith, 'Let him alone, let no man touch his bones;' and they let his bones escape, with the bones of the prophet who came out of Samaria.

19 And also all the houses of the high places that are in the cities of Samaria, that the kings of Israel made to provoke to anger, hath Josiah turned aside, and doth to them according to all the deeds that he did in Beth-El.

20 And he slayeth all the priests of the high places who are there by the altars, and burneth the bones of man upon them, and turneth back to Jerusalem.

21 And 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.'

22 Surely there hath not been made like this passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, even all the days of the kings of Israel, and of the kings of Judah;

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

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

23:21And 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.

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 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.