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Josiah kept a Passover to Yahweh
Josiah commanded the people to celebrate the Passover that Yahweh had commanded their ancestors to celebrate.
in Jerusalem
Yahweh had commanded Moses that all the people of Israel were to go to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover.
the fourteenth day of the first month
This is the first month of the Hebrew calendar. The fourteenth day is near the beginning of April on Western calendars. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)
He placed the priests in their positions
Placing the priests in a position is a metaphor for telling the priests which jobs they are to do. The reader should probably understand that Josiah commanded his officials to give instructions to the priests. AT: "He had people tell the priests which jobs to do" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
in the service of
The abstract noun "service" can be translated as a verb. AT: "as they served in" or "to serve well in" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)