2 Chronicles 35:18 References

18 aThere had not been celebrated a Passover like it in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet; nor had any of the kings of Israel celebrated such a Passover as Josiah did with the priests, the Levites, all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

a 2 Kings 23:21, 2 Chronicles 30:5

2 Kings 23

21 Then the king commanded all the people saying, "aCelebrate the Passover to the Lord your God bas it is written in this book of the covenant."

2 Chronicles 30

5 So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout all Israel afrom Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to celebrate the Passover to the Lord God of Israel at Jerusalem. For they had not celebrated it in great numbers as it was prescribed.