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Matthew Henry

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:10

So the service was prepared ,.... Every thing was got ready both for the passover and the feast of unleavened bread, for all sorts of people, rich and poor: and the priests stood in their place ; in their court near the altar, to sprinkle the blood of the sacrifices about it, as in the following verse: and the Levites in their courses ; whose turn it was to officiate: according to the king's commandment , 2 Chronicles 35:4 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:11

And they killed the passover ,.... The lambs for the passover, which was done by the Levites: and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands ; which they received from the Levites, see 2 Chronicles 30:16 . and the Levites flayed them ; the passover lambs, took off their skins. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 35:11

They killed the passover - The people themselves might slay their own paschal lambs, and then present the blood to the priests, that they might sprinkle it before the altar; and the Levites flayed them, and made them ready for dressing. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:1-19

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:1-19

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:6-16

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:10

According to the king's commandment (see 2 Chronicles 30:16 , where the sanction is referred further back, "according to the Law of Moses, the man of God"). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:11

Comp. 2 Chronicles 29:1-36 :84; 2 Chronicles 30:16 ; Leviticus 1:1-17 ; Leviticus 3:1-17 ; Leviticus 4:1-35 , passim. read more

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