"And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocksb round about."
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Verse 2 Chronicles 34:6. _THE CITIES OF MANASSEH_] Even those who were
under the government of the Israelitish king permitted their idols and
places of idolatry to be hewn down and destroyed: after th...
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The power of Assyria being now (629-624 B.C.) greatly weakened, if not
completely broken, Josiah aimed not merely at a religious reformation,
but at a restoration of the kingdom to its ancient limits...
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8. REFORMATION UNDER JOSIAH
CHAPTER 34 The Reign of Josiah and the Reformation
_ 1. The record of his reign (2 Chronicles 34:1)_
2. The beginning of the reformation (2 Chronicles 34:3)
3. The hous...
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2 Chronicles 34:1 to 2 Chronicles 35:27. THE REIGN OF JOSIAH. See
notes on 2 Kings 22, 2 Kings 23:1, which form the basis of the
Chronicler's account; but he has made many alterations in accordance
wi...
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WITH THEIR MATTOCKS: or, in their ruins....
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_Simeon_ Here as in 2 Chronicles 15:9 regarded as belonging to the
Northern tribes, but their cities were in the south; cp. 1 Chronicles
4:28 ff.
_with their mattocks_ R.V. IN THEIR RUINS (with margi...
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LESSON TWENTY-FOUR 34-36
JOSIAH'S REFORMATION THE LAST DAYS OF THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM BABYLONIAN
CAPTIVITY. THE DECREE OF CYRUS
17. THE REIGN OF JOSIAH (Chapter 34-35)
INTRODUCTION
Josiah and Hilkiah...
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_AND SO DID HE IN THE CITIES OF MANASSEH, AND EPHRAIM, AND SIMEON,
EVEN UNTO NAPHTALI, WITH THEIR MATTOCKS ROUND ABOUT._
With their mattocks - or, 'in their deserts,' so that the verse will
stand thu...
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REIGN OF JOSIAH
The chapter narrates how Josiah suppressed idolatry and repaired the
Temple; how a book of the Law, found in the Temple, was read to the
king and the people; and how the nation's cove...
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2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE
The *Kingdom called Judah
2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 34
JOSIAH *TURNS TO GOD AND HE REPAIRS THE *TEMPLE – 2 CHRONICLES
34:1-1...
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(3-7) Idolatry extirpated. This brief account is parallel to 2 Kings
23:4....
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וּ בְ עָרֵ֨י מְנַשֶּׁ֧ה וְ אֶפְרַ֛יִם
וְ שִׁמְעֹ֖ון וְ עַד ־נַפְתָּלִ֑י
_בְּ_†_חַרְבֹתֵיהֶ֖ם_† סָבִֽיב׃...
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THE LAST KINGS OF JUDAH
2 Chronicles 34:1; 2 Chronicles 35:1; 2 Chronicles 36:1
WHATEVER influence Manasseh's reformation exercised over his people
generally, the taint of idolatry was not removed f...
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A TOTING KING'S NOBLE LEADERSHIP
2 Chronicles 34:1
Josiah was as much better than his father Amon, as Manasseh had been
worse than Hezekiah. How strange to find such a pure young soul in the
heart o...
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The story of Josiah's reign is full of brightness. The conditions
around were very terrible, but in this boy king, especially as he
developed to manhood, testimony to the government of God was
unmista...
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He. Heb. "with their swords, (C.; Protestants, mattocks) round about;"
(H.) or, "and in their deserts," the inhabitants being removed. Sept.
"in their places around." Syriac and Arabic, "in their publ...
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The younger part of his reign no doubt was agreeable to his childhood,
but very tender and imperfect in divine things; yet what an
interesting account the Holy Ghost hath given of Josiah, in that whil...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 THROUGH 36.
Manasseh, his son, who gave himself up to iniquity in spite of the
warnings of the prophets, brought desolation and ruin upon himself and
after...
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AND SO DID HE IN THE CITIES OF MANASSEH, AND EPHRAIM, AND SIMEON, EVEN
UNTO NAPHTALI,.... Which though they belonged to the ten tribes, yet
these being carried captive by the king of Assyria, they tha...
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And [so did he] in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon,
even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
Ver. 6. _And so did he in the cities of Manasseh._] Wherever he had to
do; and...
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_Even unto Naphtali_ Which was in the utmost borders of the kingdom of
Israel. For it must be remembered, that the ten tribes were now gone
into captivity; and those who were come in their stead were...
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1 Iosiah his good reigne.
3 He destroyeth Idolatry.
8 Hee taketh order for the repaire
[IOSIAHS ZEALE.]
of the Temple.
14 Hilkiah hauing found a booke of the Law, Iosiah sendeth to Huldah
to inqu...
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JOSIAH RESTORES THE TRUE WORSHIP...
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JOSIAH BEGINS HIS GOOD REIGN
(vv.1-7)
Josiah was only eight years old when put on the throne (v.1). His
father at this time (when he died) was 24 years old, so that he must
have been only 16 when Jo...
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MATTOCKS:
Or, mauls...
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EVEN UNTO NAPHTALI; which was in the utmost and northern borders of
the kingdom of Israel. For it must be remembered that the ten tribes
were now gone into captivity; and those who were come in their...
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2 Chronicles 34:6 cities H5892 Manasseh H4519 Ephraim H669 Simeon
H8095 Naphtali H5321 around H5439 axes H2719
in - 2 Chronicles 30:1, 2 Chronicles 30:10-11, 2 Chronicles 31:1; 2
Kings 23:15-20
matto...
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CONTENTS: Reign of Josiah. Book of the law found and read.
CHARACTERS: God, Josiah, Hilkiah, Shaphan, Huldah, Maaseiah, Joah,
Ahikam, Abdon, Asaiah.
CONCLUSION: When man finds the Word, the Word fin...
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2 Chronicles 34:5. _He burnt the bones of the priests,_ and so,
perhaps without intending it, he fulfilled the prophecy of the man of
God that came to Bethel. 1 Kings 13:2.
REFLECTIONS.
As the nippi...
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_Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign._
JOSIAH’S EARLY PIETY
I. The possibility of youthful responsibility. Other children besides
Josiah have been called to the cares of a kingdom. Man...
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2 CHRONICLES 34:1 Josiah. Compare 2 Kings 22:1. The Chronicler devotes
two entire chapters to Josiah’s reign (640–609 B.C.). Josiah would
have provided an example of faithfulness and godly leadership...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This and next chapter give history of Josiah, and
parallel with 2 Kings 22 and 2 Kings 23:1. Josiah’s good beginning
(2 Chronicles 34:1); cleanses temple (2 Chronicles 34:8); finds a...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter, with the following, embraces the entire of the
beneficent reign of Josiah, son of Amon—the son an illustrious
contrast to the father. The parallel (2 Kings 22-23:30) is less...
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Josiah was only eight years old when he began to reign, he reigned in
Jerusalem for thirty-one years (2 Chronicles 34:1).
Josiah instituted reformations.
In the eighth year of his reign, while he wa...
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1 Samuel 13:20; 1 Samuel 13:21; 2 Chronicles 30:1; 2 Chronicles 30:10;
2 Chronicles 30:11; 2 Chronicles 31:1; 2 Kings 23:15; Isaiah 7:25;
Proverbs 25:18...
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Naphtali — Which was in the utmost borders of the kingdom of Israel.
For it must be remembered, that the ten tribes were now gone into
captivity; and those who were come in their stead were weak and f...