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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 35:6

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 35 In this chapter we have an account of the keeping of the passover and its preparation, for which the priests and Levites were ordered to prepare, and to which Josiah, and his princes, gave liberally, and such an one was kept as had not been for ages past, 2 Chronicles 35:1, and of Josiah's rash engagement in battle with the king of Egypt, in which he was slain, 2...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

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...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

We are here to attend Josiah, I. To the temple, where we see his religious care for the due observance of the ordinance of the passover, according to the law, ver. 1-19. II. To the field of battle, where we see his rashness in engaging with the king of Egypt, and how dearly it cost him, ver. 20-23. III. To the grave, where we see him bitterly lamented, ver. 24-27. And so we must take our leave of...