2 Chronicles 35:3-15

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 35:3

And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel ,.... Whose business it was to go through the several tribes, and instruct them in the knowledge of God, his word and worship, statutes and ordinances. In an ancient MS. mentioned by Junius, it is read, "who prepared for all Israel the holy things", &c.; which were holy unto the Lord ; who were consecrated to the name of the Lord, as the Targum, dedicated to his worship and service; or it may signify the holy things they taught or... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:5

And stand in the holy place ,.... The court of the priests, where their ministrations were: according to the divisions of the families of your brethren the people ; of the other tribes, who were according to their families to provide a lamb for the passover: and after the division of the families of the Levites ; who were obliged to observe the same ordinance in their respective families, and for whom, as well as for the other families of Israel, they were to slay the lamb. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:6

So kill the passover ,.... In the manner, time, and place, and for the persons it should be killed: and sanctify yourselves : by washing themselves and garments, that they might be fit for this service: and prepare your brethren ; prepare a lamb for your brethren, or instruct them how to perform their office that needed instruction: that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses ; celebrate the ordinance of the passover in all its rites, according to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:7

And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings ,.... Which be either lambs or kids of the goats, Exodus 12:5 , for all that were present, to the number of 30,000; that is, 30,000 lambs or kids, which would serve 30,000 families: and three thousand bullocks ; these were for the "chagigah" or feast, kept on the day following the passover: these were of the king's substance ; taken out of his flocks and herds, or bought with his money, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:8

And his princes gave willingly to the people, to the priests and the Levites ,.... Besides, to some other families, they gave also to poor priests and Levites, which the king's bounty did not extend to; and these princes were not secular, but ecclesiastical princes, as follows: Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Jehiel, rulers of the house ; of the temple; Hilkiah was high priest, and the other two were chief priests, the one of the line of Eleazar, and the other of the line of Ithamar: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:9

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

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

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