The King James Version Bible

1 Esdras 1:21-24

  1. Yea, all the kings of Israel held not such a passover as Josias, and the priests, and the Levites, and the Jews, held with all Israel that were found dwelling at Jerusalem.

  2. In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josias was this passover kept.

  3. And the works or Josias were upright before his Lord with an heart full of godliness.

  4. As for the things that came to pass in his time, they were written in former times, concerning those that sinned, and did wickedly against the Lord above all people and kingdoms, and how they grieved him exceedingly, so that the words of the Lord rose up against Israel.