King James Version
2 Kings 23:23 in the King James Version says “But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.” — study this verse from 2 Kings chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.”
2 Kings 23:23 · KJV
And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.
Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. images: or, teraphim
And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“But in the eighteenth”
H8083a cardinal number, eight (as if a surplus above the 'perfect' seven); also (as ordinal) eighth
“wherein this passover”
H6453a pretermission, i.e., exemption; used only techically of the jewish passover (the festival or the victim)
“to the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“in Jerusalem”
H3389jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine
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