No such passover had been kept since the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor during all the days of the kings of Israel and the days of the kings of Judah; — the phrase 'No such passover had been kept' indicates that Passover observance had been systematically neglected for centuries—since the judges' era. The failure to observe Passover represents religious apostasy at the national institutional level. Josiah's restoration of Passover observance signifies the recovery of covenantal practice.

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