Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 35:16
So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
16. the same day ] Lit. “on that day,” i.e. the fourteenth of Nisan.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day,…. With every sacrifice, and for all sorts of persons:
to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the Lord; which were required to be done on that day:
according to the commandment of King Josiah; which was, that every thing be provided, prepared, and done, as the law required.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(16) The same day.On that day, i.e., at that time(2Ch. 35:17.)
To offer burnt offerings.To burn the fat of the Passover victims, and of the peace offerings. The verse summarises the foregoing account. (Comp. 2Ch. 35:10.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 35:16 So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
Ver. 16. Upon the altar of the Lord. ] Which typified the godhead of Christ – not the cross properly – sanctifying the sacrifice offered thereon.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 35:16-19
2Ch 35:16-19
“So all the service of Jehovah was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt-offerings upon the altar of Jehovah, according to the commandment of king Josiah. And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did any of the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.”
E.M. Zerr:
2Ch 35:16. Promptness was manifested by the persons charged with the preparations, for they were all accomplished in one day. The immediate orders came from the king, Josiah, but originally they were ordained through Moses at Sinai.
2Ch 35:17. All of the people, whether male or female, were permitted to be present at the feast of the passover, but the males only were required to be. That explains why the verse says that those that were present kept the feast. The entire feast required 8 days; and 7 of that period was the feast of unleavened bread, and it was preceded by the passover. The period as a whole is frequently referred to in the Old and New Testaments by either term, passover or feast of unleavened bread. If that is kept in mind it might save the student of the Bible some confusion.
2Ch 35:18. This verse makes a comparison that goes back to Samuel the prophet. The corresponding passage in 2Ki 23:22 goes back to the days of the judges. But there is no contradiction for Samuel was one of the judges as well as being a prophet. (1Sa 7:6.) There was a specific formula for observing the feast of the passover, and that did not allow for any variation. It would be questioned, then, how there could be any such comparison made as is done here. The comparison is to the number of persons participating and the zeal manifested, not to the form of observance.
2Ch 35:19. This wonderful passover observance was 13 years before Josiah closed his career. From that time on, however, we have very little information about him.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
a Fatal Conflict
2Ch 35:16-27
The huge masses of people were admitted according to their families into the sacred courts, and the gates were closed as soon as these were filled. Thus all the fathers houses came, one after another, in solemn procession to the altar, offering such part of the sacred victims as was required and receiving part for their own use. While this was in progress the Levite choir chanted Psa 113:1-9; Psa 114:1-8; Psa 115:1-18; Psa 116:1-19; Psa 117:1-2; Psa 118:1-29.
What a misfortune that so auspicious a reign should end so disastrously! Josiah opposed Pharaoh, because Palestine was under the tutelage of Babylon, and had become the cockpit of the two warring nations, which were then contending for the mastery of the world. It would seem from 2Ch 35:21, as if the Egyptian kings acknowledged the supremacy of one over-ruling Deity and considered that they were inspired by him. Blame appears to be attached to Josiah for not recognizing the voice of God. The lamentation over his death became proverbial for its excessive grief, Zec 12:11. Josiahs reign was the last gleam of light in his doomed country, but it was good for him to be removed before the storm burst.
Fuente: F.B. Meyer’s Through the Bible Commentary
Reciprocal: Gen 45:21 – commandment