Verse 18
(18) And there was no Passover like to that.—2 Kings 23:22.
From the days of Samuel the prophet—Kings, “from the days of the judges that judged Israel,” of whom Samuel was the last and greatest (1 Samuel 7:15).
Neither did all the kings of Israel.—Kings, “and (from) all the days of the kings of Israel and the kings of Judah.” (Comp. 2chron xxx 26).
And the priests . . . Jerusalem.—Not in Kings. A characteristic addition.
Israel that were present.—Rather, Israel that was present, i.e., the remnant who had come from the ruined kingdom of the ten tribes. (Comp. 2 Chronicles 34:33).
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