19 And all the houses also of the high places that [were] in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke [the LORD] to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.
20 And he slew all the priests of the high places, that [were] there upon the altars, and burnt men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem.
21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover to the LORD your God, as [it is] written in the book of this covenant.
22 Surely there was not held such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah.
23 But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, [in which] this passover was held to the LORD in Jerusalem.
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