2 Kings 23:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 2 Kings 23:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
2 Kings 23:23 is a verse from the book of 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
2 Kings 23:23 — KJV
“But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem.”
— 2 Kings 23:23 (KJV)
2 Kings 23:23 in Context — About the Book of 2 Kings
2 Kings races through the divided kingdom's final centuries — Elisha's double-portion miracles, kings good and evil, and finally exile to Assyria and Babylon. Yet miracles keep breaking in: floating axe heads, healed lepers, resurrection. God stays powerfully present even in national decline.
Cross-References for 2 Kings 23:23
“And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 23:23: year, king, josiah
“And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying,”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 23:23: eighteenth, year, king
“And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 23:23: year, king, lord
“So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 23:23: year, king, lord
“Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.”
Shares key themes with 2 Kings 23:23: josiah, passover, lord
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