Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
The king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to Yahweh your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.
Verse Takeaways
1
Scripture Corrects Tradition
Commentators explain that Josiah's command wasn't to introduce a new festival, but to correct the existing one. The discovery of "the book of the covenant" revealed that their traditions had drifted from God's written instructions. This highlights the vital importance of continually aligning our religious practices with the authority of Scripture over human tradition.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
2 Kings
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
4
18th Century
Presbyterian
See the note on 2 Kings 23:4. With this verse, the author returns to the narrative of what was done in Josiah’s eighteenth year.
…
19th Century
Anglican
Keep the passover. — Hold a passover (2 Kings 23:22). (Compare to 2 Chronicles 35:1–19 for a more…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the king commanded all the people Not at Jerusalem only, but throughout the whole kingdom: saying,
Your support helps us maintain this resource for everyone
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…
