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2 Chronicles 35:16
So on that day the entire service of the LORD was carried out for celebrating the Passover and offering burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the immediate execution of King Josiah’s royal decree during the Passover celebration, following the Levitical preparations described in the preceding verse.
The words — וַתּכּוֹן (vattikon, “it was arranged/established”) and עֲבוֹדַת יְהוָה (avodat Yahweh, “service of the LORD”) anchor the verse’s focus on the organized, divinely mandated worship protocol.
The thread — The same Passover observance and seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread continue in 2 Chronicles 35:17, while the foundational timing and slaughter instructions appear in Exodus 12:6 and Numbers 9:3.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to recognize that royal authority in this narrative functions strictly as an instrument for enforcing established covenant worship, not as a source of new ritual.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.