2 Kings 23:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See 2 Kings 23:4 note. With this verse the author returns to the narrative of what was done in Josiah’s 18th year. The need of the injunction, “as it was written in the book of this covenant,” wa...
2 Kings 23:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Celebration of the Passover. The mention of the eighteenth year ( 2 Kings 23:23 ; cf. 2 Kings 22:3 ) shows that the reforms of Josiah occupied six months. The book was discovered in the first month...
2 Kings 23:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Keep the passover. See note on Exodus 12:28 . the book of this covenant . this covenant-book. Authorized Version 1611, reads "this book of the covenant".
2 Kings 23:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. The king commanded ... Keep the Passover ... It was obs...
2 Kings 23:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Religious Reform. Josiah's Death 2. The prophets] Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah lived about this time. Read in their ears ] cp. the similar proceeding related in Nehemiah 8:4 .;
2 Kings 23:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Keep the passover. — Hold a passover ( 2 Kings 23:22 ). (Comp. 2 Chronicles 35:1-19 for a more detailed account of this unique celebration.) Josiah had the precedent of Hezekiah for signalising...
2 Kings 23:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

JOSIAH'S REFORMATION 2 Kings 22:8-20 ; 2 Kings 23:1-25 "And the works of Josias were upright before his Lord with a heart full of godliness." - #/RAPC 1Es 1:23 "From Zion shall go forth the...
2 Kings 23:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proving His Whole-Heartedness 2 Kings 23:15-25 Josiah carried his drastic reforms even to Samaria, thus fulfilling a prophecy uttered 350 years before. See 1 Kings 13:2-3 . The old leaven havi...
2 Kings 23:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this chapter we have a graphic account of the reformation following the discovery of the book of the Law. It was carried out by the splendid enthusiasm and energy of Josiah, and it is interesting...
2 Kings 23:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a delightful view of Josiah is here given? He first sets his heart to cleanse the temple; and next offers himself and his people to the Lord. And as this passover was typical of Christ, no doubt...
2 Kings 23:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king commanded all the people ,.... Not at Jerusalem only, but throughout the whole kingdom: saying, keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant...
2 Kings 23:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 21. Keep the passover. ] 2 Chronicles 35:1 . If the...
2 Kings 23:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king commanded, saying, Keep the passover , &c. Having abolished false worship, he now endeavours to set up the true worship of the true God. Thus he differed greatly from Jehu, who, when he...
2 Kings 23:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOSIAH'S COVENANT AND JUDGMENT OF IDOLATRY (vv.1-20) Being king in Judah and therefore the representative of all the people, Josiah realised his responsibility of involving them all in hearing t...
2 Kings 23:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Josiah Reforms Judah. B. C. 623. 4 And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and...
2 Kings 23:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Keep the passover: having abolished false worship, he now endeavours to set up the true worship of the true God. In this book of the covenant; in this book which I have found; wherein is containe...
2 Kings 23:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Observance of The Passover ( 2 Kings 23:21-23 ). The making of the new covenant following the reading of the Law was then followed by an observance of the Passover. There are no grounds whatso...
2 Kings 23:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE DESTRUCTION OF IDOLATRY BY JOSIAH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 23:1 . The king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah —Not content to hide from coming ill under God’s promise...
2 Kings 23:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 23:29 . He slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him; as in 2 Kings 14:8 . It would seem from this phrase that the two kings were engaged in single combat. This was an error for which Jos...
2 Kings 23:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

And the King sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. Good aims and bad methods The verses I have selected record and illustrate good alms and bad methods. I...
2 Kings 23:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Kings 23:1-12 JOSIAH 'S RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT . HIS REFORMS AND DEATH . REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ . ACCESSION OF JEHOIAKIM . 2 Kings 23:1-12 Josiah '...
2 Kings 23:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the king, probably in the early years of his reformatory labors, commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover unto the Lord, your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant, Exo...
2 Kings 23:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 35:1-19 ; Deuteronomy 16:1-8 ; Exodus 12:3-20 ; Leviticus 23:5-8 ; Numbers 28:16-25 ; Numbers 9:2-5

2 Kings 23:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 23:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 23:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 23:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 23:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 23:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 23:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 23:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 23:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 23:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 23:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 23:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 23:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 23:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 23:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 23:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 23:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 23:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 23:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 23:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 23:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Kings 23:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Kings 23:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 23:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge