Moreover. — And. The form of the Hebrew verb implies that this Passover was held subsequently to the renewal of the covenant; and 2 Kings 23:23 fixes the date precisely as “the eighteenth year of king Josiah.”
Kept. — Made (2 Chronicles 30:1).
On the fourteenth day of the first month. — In strict accordance with the law. Hezekiah’s Passover was irregular in point of time (2 Chronicles 30:2; 2 Chronicles 30:13).