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.
Parallel translations
- WEB So all the service of Yahweh was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on Yahweh’s altar, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord, according to the command of King Josiah.
- NASB So all the service of the Lord was prepared on that day to celebrate the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the Lord according to the command of King Josiah.
- NLT The entire ceremony for the Lord’s Passover was completed that day. All the burnt offerings were sacrificed on the altar of the Lord, as King Josiah had commanded.
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On that day the entire service of the LORD was carried out to keep the Passover and offer burnt offerings, as Josiah commanded. Complete, unified worship marks the high point of his reign.
Overview
The Chronicler summarizes that all the worship of Yahweh was fully accomplished in keeping with the king's command. This comprehensive obedience, from sacrifice to song, fulfilled the law's requirements for the feast. It models the wholehearted, ordered worship that God desires from his redeemed people.
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