2 Kings 23:20-21

Josiah's Reforms

20 And i he sacrificed all the priests of the high places who were there, on the altars, j and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

Josiah Restores the Passover

21 And the king commanded all the people, k "Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, l as it is written in this Book of the Covenant."

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 11:18
    Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces, and they killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest posted watchmen over the house of the Lord.
    Exodus 22:20
    Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the Lord alone, shall be devoted to destruction.
    1 Kings 18:40
    And Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape." And they seized them. And Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon and slaughtered them there.
  2. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 34:5
    He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
  3. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 35:1 - 17
    Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem. And they slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 12:3 - 11
    Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household.
    Leviticus 23:5
    In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the Lord 's Passover.
    Leviticus 23:8
    But you shall present a food offering to the Lord for seven days. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any ordinary work.
    Numbers 9:2 - 4
    Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time.
    Deuteronomy 16:2 - 8
    And you shall offer the Passover sacrifice to the Lord your God, from the flock or the herd, at the place that the Lord will choose, to make his name dwell there.
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