7 Josiah contributed to the lay people , to all who were present , flocks of lambs and young e goats e , all for the Passover offerings , numbering 30,000 e plus 3,000 e bulls ; these were from the king's possessions . 8 His officers also contributed a freewill offering to the people , the priests and the Levites . Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel , the officials of the house of God , gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 e from the flocks and 300 e bulls . 9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel , his brothers , and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad , the officers of the Levites , contributed to the Levites for the Passover offerings 5,000 e from the flocks and 500 e bulls .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Chronicles 35:7-9
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 35:1-19
(Read 2 Chronicles 35:1-19)
The destruction Josiah made of idolatry, was more largely related in the book of Kings. His solemnizing the passover is related here. The Lord's supper resembles the passover more than any other of the Jewish festivals; and the due observance of that ordinance, is a proof of growing piety and devotion. God alone can truly make our hearts holy, and prepare them for his holy services; but there are duties belonging to us, in doing which we obtain this blessing from the Lord.