2 Chronicles 35:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And there was no Passover like to that.2 Kings 23:22.

From the days of Samuel the prophet — Kings, “from the days of the judges that judged Israel,” of whom Samuel was the last and greatest (1 Samuel 7:15).

Neither did all the kings of Israel. — Kings, “and (from) all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah.” (Comp. 2chron xxx 26).

And the priests... Jerusalem. — Not in Kings. A characteristic addition.

Israel that were present. — Rather, Israel that was present, i.e., the remnant who had come from the ruined kingdom of the ten tribes. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 34:33).

2 Chronicles 35:18

18 And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present,g and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.