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
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