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2 Chronicles 35:17
The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records the conclusion of King Josiah’s Passover celebration, noting that the assembled Israelites and Judahites formally observed the feast alongside the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread.
The words — וַיַּעֲשׂוּ (va.ya'asu) translates literally as "and they observed/made," while הַנִּמְצָאִים (ha.nim'ts'aim) means "those who were found/present." These terms specify that the ritual was enacted by the physically gathered community rather than a restricted or symbolic group.
The thread — The seven-day observance directly mirrors the Exodus mandates for the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Exodus 12:15; 13:6; 23:15), while 2 Chronicles 35:18 frames this event as a unique historical restoration unmatched since the days of Samuel.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to acknowledge the necessity of corporate adherence to prescribed worship schedules and highlights the concrete historical impact of restoring neglected covenant practices.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
Cross-references
- Exodus 12:15 For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
- Exodus 13:6 For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.
- Exodus 23:15 You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.
- Exodus 34:18 You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.
- Leviticus 23:5 The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- Numbers 28:16 The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
- Deuteronomy 16:3 You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 16:8 For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.
- 2 Chronicles 30:21 The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7 Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.