OLD TESTAMENT

2 Kings 23:22

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Surely there was not kept such a Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;

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Verse 22. No such, is all respects. Bible.—The number of paschal lambs was certainly greater when all Israel was assembled; but the other victims presented by the king and his officers during the octave is here noticed, (2 Chronicles 35:7. Menochius.) as they are also styled the Phase; ( Bible.) and this explains John 18:28. Tirinus.—Neither ought we to push these expressions too far, as they only mean, that this solemnity was very great. See verse 25. Calmet. 18:5. Calmet.

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