Wherein. — Omit this word. As Ewald says, the meaning of these two verses is that the Passover was never so celebrated before, esp…

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

This shows th…

Josiah's zeal extended to the cities of Israel within his reach. He carefully preserved the sepulcher of that man of God, who came from Judah to pr…