Cononiah also, and Shemaiah and Nathaneel his brethren ,.... See 2 Chronicles 31:12 . and Hashabiah, and Jehiel, and Jozabad, chief of the Levites ; men of considerable substance, and in good posts and offices: gave unto the Levites ; their poor brethren of that order: for passover offerings five thousand small cattle ; lambs, or kids, or both: and five hundred oxen ; for the feast that followed the passover. read more
solemn celebration of the Passover. (For the homiletics of this passage, or the subject of it, see those written on 2 Chronicles 30:1-27 .) read more
The great Passover of Josiah. I. GREAT IN RESPECT OF ITS CONFORMITY TO THE LAW . To suppose (De Wette, Thenius, and others) that never before had a Passover been observed in Israel or Judah since the days of Samuel ( 2 Chronicles 35:18 ; 1 Esdras 1:20, 21) or of the judges ( 2 Kings 23:22 ), is not only to extract an unwarrantable inference from the sacred text, but is contradicted by the fact that Hezekiah, a former King of Judah, celebrated a Passover in Jerusalem... read more
The service of the Lord. From this account of Josiah's great Passover we may learn— I. THAT RELIGIOUS LIFE INCLUDES A FEW GREAT OCCASIONS . The religious life of Israel included some special occasions, of which this was one. Provision was made in the Law for one event of surpassing solemnity in every year ( Leviticus 16:1-34 .). And the very checkered course the nation ran provided a few extraordinary scenes which were great and sacred opportunities. Thus is it with... read more
Conaninh … Shemaiah … Jozabad (see 2 Chronicles 31:12 , 2 Chronicles 31:15 ). read more
See the marginal references and note.2 Chronicles 35:8His princes - i. e. his ecclesiastical princes, the chief men of the priests and Levites. For the poor families of their own order the leading priests furnished both Passover-cattle and cattle for thank-offerings. The chief Levites acted similarly toward the poor Levitical families. read more
The final reform (34:1-35:27)Another reform swept Judah during the reign of Josiah (34:1-33; see notes on 2 Kings 22:1-23:20). As with the reform of Hezekiah, the climax in the eyes of the Chronicler was a great Passover Feast in Jerusalem.After returning the ark to its rightful place in the temple, the priests and Levites prepared themselves for their duties. Josiah arranged them in divisions as Hezekiah had done earlier, so that the music, singing, sacrifices and other rituals could be... read more
Shemaiah . . . Jozabad. Compare 2 Chronicles 31:12-15 . read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:1-19
The destruction which Josiah made of idols and idolatry was more largely related in the Kings, but just mentioned here in the foregoing chapter (2 Chron. 34:33); but his solemnizing the passover, which was touched upon there (2 Kgs. 23:21), is very particularly related here. Many were the feasts of the Lord, appointed by the ceremonial law, but the passover was the chief. It began them all in the night wherein Israel came out of Egypt; it concluded them all in the night wherein Christ was... read more