"So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe;d (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her."
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Verse 2 Kings 22:14. _WENT UNTO HULDAH THE PROPHETESS_] This is a
most singular circumstance: At this time _Jeremiah_ was certainly a
prophet in Israel, but it is likely he now dwelt at _Anathoth_. a...
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WENT UNTO HULDAH - It might have been expected that the royal
commissioners would have gone to Jeremiah, on whom the prophetic
spirit had descended in Josiah’s 13th year Jeremiah 1:2, or five
years pr...
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V. THE REIGN OF JOSIAH
1. The Revival
CHAPTER 22
_ 1. Josiah begins to reign (2 Kings 22:1; 2 Chronicles 34:1)_
2. The temple repaired (2 Kings 22:3; 2 Chronicles 34:8)
3. The law discovered (2 K...
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2 KINGS 22:1 TO 2 KINGS 23:30_ A_. THE REIGN AND REFORMS OF JOSIAH.
The fifty-seven years of the reigns of Manasseh and Amon were,
according to Kings (not Chronicles), a period of apostasy, which
prob...
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HULDAH THE PROPHETESS— This is the only mention that we have of this
prophetess; and certainly it tends much to her honour that she was
consulted upon this important occasion, when both Jeremiah and
Z...
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D. THE PROPHETIC WORD OF HULDAH 22:14-20
TRANSLATION
(14) And Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asahiah went
onto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah the
son o...
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_SO HILKIAH THE PRIEST, AND AHIKAM, AND ACHBOR, AND SHAPHAN, AND
ASAHIAH, WENT UNTO HULDAH THE PROPHETESS, THE WIFE OF SHALLUM THE SON
OF TIKVAH, THE SON OF HARHAS, KEEPER OF THE WARDROBE; (NOW SHE DW...
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JOSIAH. THE FINDING OF A BOOK OF THE LAW
1. Boscath] in Judah: cp. Joshua 15:39....
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 22
JOSIAH’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH
V1 Josiah was 8 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem
for 31 years....
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WENT UNTO HULDAH THE PROPHETESS. — Why not to Jeremiah or Zephaniah?
Apparently because Huldah “dwelt in Jerusalem,” and they did not,
at least at this time. Anathoth in Benjamin was Jeremiah’s town....
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וַ יֵּ֣לֶךְ חִלְקִיָּ֣הוּ הַ֠ כֹּהֵן
וַ אֲחִיקָ֨ם וְ עַכְבֹּ֜ור וְ שָׁפָ֣ן
וַ עֲשָׂיָ֗ה אֶל...
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JOSIAH
B.C. 639-608
2 Kings 22:1; 2 Kings 23:1
Jos., "Ant.," X 4:1.
"In outline dim and vast
Their fearful shadows cast
The giant forms of Empires, on their way
To ruin: one by one
They tower,...
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HEARKENING TO THE MESSAGE
2 Kings 22:14; 2 Kings 23:1
Josiah's fears were deeply stirred by the evils which the Law of the
Lord clearly indicated as imminent, and he immediately sent for advice
to t...
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With Josiah's accession came the last attempt at reformation before
Judah was finally swept into captivity. Josiah's first act of
reformation was to restore the Temple. All that followed grew out of
t...
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So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and
Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son
of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwe...
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_Holda. She is known only by this honourable embassy. It is rather
wonderful that Jeremias was not consulted, as he had began to prophesy
five years before. But he probably resided at Anathoth. Sophon...
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According to the dates of the prophets, Jeremiah had been preaching
his sermons for five years before this event took place; and Zephaniah
ministered much about the same time; yet Huldah, like another...
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Well, then, in the next portion of our book (2 Kings 21:1-26) we see
how truly a pious father may be followed by an impious son. Manasseh,
young as he was, did not only begin to reign, but "did that w...
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_A MEMORABLE YEAR_
‘The eighteenth year of king Josiah.’
2 Kings 22:3
Josiah mounted the throne when he was eight years old. He was the son
of Amon and the grandson of Manasseh, both of them evil r...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 AND 23.
Observe what grace raised up Hezekiah and Josiah, both of whom were
born of fathers given up to idolatry, and followed by sons who were
equally ab...
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SO HILKIAH THE PRIEST, AND AHIKAM, AND ACHBOR, AND SHAPHAN, AND
ASAHIAH, WENT DOWN TO HULDAH THE PROPHETESS,.... Such as were Miriam
and Deborah; in imitation of those Satan had very early his women
p...
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So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and
Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son
of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwe...
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_So Hilkiah the priest, &c., went unto Huldah the prophetess_ This is
the only mention we have of this prophetess; and certainly it tends
much to her honour that she was consulted on this important oc...
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1 Iosiah his good reigne.
3 He taketh care for the repaire of the Temple.
8 Hilkiah hauing found a booke of the Lawe, Iosiah sendeth to Huldah
to enquire of the Lord.
15 Huldah prophesieth destruct...
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THE BOOK OF THE LAW READ BEFORE THE KING, AND THE RESULTS...
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JOSIAH'S GOOD REIGN
(22:1 - 23:30)
From Josiah's beginning to reign at eight years of age, his reign was
faithful and godly, for he walked in the ways of David, the first of
Israel's godly kings (v...
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WARDROBE:
_ Heb._ garments
IN THE COLLEGE:
Or, in the second part...
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11-20 The book of the law is read before the king. Those best honour
their Bibles, who study them; daily feed on that bread, and walk by
that light. Convictions of sin and wrath should put us upon thi...
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UNTO HULDAH THE PROPHETESS; for we read of women prophetesses, both in
the Old and New Testament; as Miriam, EXODUS 15:20, Deborah, JUDGES
4:4, Hannah, 1SA 2, Elisabeth, and the blessed Virgin, LU 1,...
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2 Kings 22:14 Hilkiah H2518 priest H3548 Ahikam H296 Achbor H5907
Shaphan H8227 Asaiah H6222 went H3212 (H8799) Huldah H2468 prophetess
H5031 wife H802 Shallum H7967 son H1121 Tikvah H8616 son H1121 H...
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HULDAH'S REPLY TO JOSIAH (2 KINGS 22:14).
The enquiry was made to Huldah, the prophetess. We should note that
there is no hint that Huldah read the book, or even saw it. Given the
care that the autho...
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CONTENTS: Reign of Josiah. Repairing temple and finding of the book of
the law.
CHARACTERS: God, Josiah, Hilkiah, Shaphan, Huldah, Ahikam, Achbor,
Asahiah.
CONCLUSION: An unread Bible is a lost Bibl...
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2 Kings 22:8. _I have found the book of the law._ This was “the book
of the law of the Lord by Moses,” 2 Chronicles 34:14; that is, in
Moses's own handwriting. Lyranus, a rabbi, says, that Ahaz had bu...
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_Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign._
A MONARCH OF RARE VIRTUE, AND A GOD OF RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
I. A monarch of rare virtue. Josiah was eight years old when he began
to reign.” In th...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 22:1 Josiah. Josiah is a long-awaited good
king (see 1 Kings 13:2). He does many significant deeds, but it comes
too late to change Judah’s fate.
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THE LAST EFFORT OF REFORMATION UNDER JOSIAH
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 22:2. HE DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT—In his minority Josiah
was. guarded and directed by godly teachers and counselor...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 22:1
ACCESSION OF JOSIAH. REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. RECOVERY OF THE BOOK OF THE
LAW.
2 KINGS 22:1
GENERAL CHARACTER OF JOSIAH'S REIGN. _His repair of the temple_._ _The
writer begins...
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And Josiah was only eight years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. And he did that which was
right in the sight of the LORD (2 Kings 22:1-2).
Now at this poi...
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1 Corinthians 11:5; 2 Chronicles 34:22; 2 Kings 10:22; Acts 21:9;
Exodus 15:20; Judges 4:4; Luke 1:41; Luke 2:36; Micah 6:4; Nehemiah
7:72...
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Huldah — The king's earnest affection required great haste; and she
was in Jerusalem, which is therefore noted in the following part of
the verse, when Jeremiah might at this time be at Anathoth, or i...