2 Kings 23:19-23
2 Kings 23:19
Josiah also removed all the shrines of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to anger the Lord. Josiah did the same things to them that he had done at Bethel.
2 Kings 23:20
He slaughtered on the altars all the priests of those high places, and he burned human bones on the altars. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
2 Kings 23:21
The king commanded all the people, “Observe the Passover of the Lord your God as written in the book of the covenant.”
2 Kings 23:22
No such Passover had ever been observed from the time of the judges who judged Israel through the entire time of the kings of Israel and Judah.
2 Kings 23:23
But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the Lord’s Passover was observed in Jerusalem.