John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 9. Cononiah also, and Shemaiah and Nathaneel his brethren , etc.] (see 2 Chronicles 31:12) and Hashabiah, and Jehiel, and Jozabad, chief of the Levites ; men of considerable substance, and in good posts and offices: gave unto the Levites ; their poor brethren of that order: for passover offerings five thousand small cattle ; lambs, or kids, or both: and five hundred oxen ; for the feast that followed the passover.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 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 Jewis 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 belongin to us, in doing which we obtain this blessing from the Lord.
Original Hebrew וכונניהו3562 ושׁמעיהו8098 ונתנאל5417 אחיו251 וחשׁביהו2811 ויעיאל3273 ויוזבד3107 שׂרי8269 הלוים3881 הרימו7311 ללוים3881 לפסחים6453 חמשׁת2568 אלפים505 ובקר1241 חמשׁ2568 מאות׃3967
