2 Kings 23:21 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And 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.”
2 Kings 23:21 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
2 Kings 23:21 in 6 Bible Translations
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2 Kings 23:21 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The king commanded all the people, saying, “Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.””
2 Kings 23:21 — World English Bible
2 Kings 23:21 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant. ”
2 Kings 23:21 — American Standard Version
2 Kings 23:21 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.'”
2 Kings 23:21 — Young's Literal Translation
2 Kings 23:21 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the king commanded all the people saying, Hold the passover to Jehovah yourGod, as it is written in this book of the covenant. ”
2 Kings 23:21 — Darby Translation
2 Kings 23:21 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then the king commanded all the people, saying, Keepe the passeouer vnto the Lord your God, as it is written in the booke of this couenant.”
2 Kings 23:21 — Geneva Bible
2 Kings 23:21 in Context — 2 Kings 23
19 And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth–el.
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 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 the book of this covenant.
22 Surely there was not holden 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, wherein this passover was holden to the Lord in Jerusalem.
What Does 2 Kings 23:21 Mean?
2 Kings 23:21 is a verse from the Book of 2 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 2 Kings chapter 23. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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