John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:4
And prepare yourselves ,.... To do their work in this service of the sanctuary, the passover; that they be ready to do it, and diligent in it, and perform it according to the law of God: by the houses of your fathers, after your courses ; such of them whose turn in course it was to officiate: according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son ; who had given in writing directions in what manner their courses should be observed, see 1... read more
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