Surely such a Passover had not been celebrated from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and of the kings of Judah.I'm not quite sure what to make of this verse. From what I read, there are two possible meanings for it. The first is that this Passover, after Josiah has cleaned up the nation, was of some special significance that had never been seen before. I'm not sure how you make a ceremony with such specific requirements of what must be served and how it must be prepared special, but maybe they made it like the inverse of Fat Tuesday, where they had the Passover, and then a big part or something.
The other reading is much bleaker. It may mean that since the days of the judges, the people had not observed the Passover. If I'm remembering properly, in a couple chapters we learn that they had not taken the Sabbath year since coming to the land; did the same happen with the Passover? After winning the land, did they just forget about what God had done for them and go back to their normal lives? If so, how often do we do the same? How much do we simply forget about what God has done for us, and go on as if He never happened?
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