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Verse 2 Kings 22:19. _BECAUSE THINE HEART WAS TENDER_] Because thou
hast feared the Lord, and trembled at his word and hast wept before
me, l have heard thee, so far that these evils shall not come up...
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See the marginal references....
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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;...
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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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BECAUSE. In that.
A DESOLATION AND. CURSE. These words are from Deuteronomy 11:26;
Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 29:19;...
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AS TOUCHING THE WORDS WHICH THOU HAST HEARD, &C.— _Because thy heart
was terrified at the words which thou hast heard, and thou hast
humbled,_ &c. Houbigant. See also 2 Chronicles 34:26....
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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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22:19 saith (a-50) As Genesis 22:16 ....
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A CURSE] cp. Deuteronomy 28:15. The condition of Jerusalem should be
such that people desirous of cursing their enemies could wish them no
worse a fate....
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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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TENDER. — See 1 Chronicles 29:1; 1 Chronicles 13:7; Deuteronomy
20:8.
HAST HUMBLED THYSELF. — Comp. the behaviour of Ahab ...
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יַ֠עַן רַךְ ־לְבָ֨בְךָ֜ וַ תִּכָּנַ֣ע
׀ מִ פּ
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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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JOSIAH'S REFORMATION
2 Kings 22:8; 2 Kings 23:1
"And the works of Josias were upright before his Lord with a heart
full of godliness."
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"From Zion shall go forth the Law, and the...
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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 th...
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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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Because thine heart was (i) tender, and thou hast humbled thyself
before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place,
and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a
de...
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How delightful are personal mercies, when the Lord separates between
the precious and the vile; when the word of the gospel comes with
distinguishing direction like a letter, to you is the word of thi...
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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 aba...
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BECAUSE THINE HEART WAS TENDER,.... Soft like wax, and susceptible of
impressions; or was "moved", or "trembled", as the Targum; for God has
respect to such as are of contrite hearts, and tremble at h...
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Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before
the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and
against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desola...
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_Because thy heart was tender_ Here are four tokens of true repentance
and conversion to God in Josiah: 1st, Tenderness, or softness of
heart, in opposition to that hardness which arises from unbelief...
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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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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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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 th...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Kings 22:19 heart H3824 tender H7401 (H8804) humbled H3665 (H8735)
before H6440 LORD H3068 heard H8085 ...
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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 author...
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2 Kings 22:19
I. The discovery of Moses' law in the Temple is a very important
occurrence in the history, because it shows us that Holy Scripture had
been for a long while neglected and to all practi...
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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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_Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before
the Lord._
THE TENDER HEART
I. The circumstances in which such a character may be placed and
tried.
1. It may often have to con...
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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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_HOMILETICS OF 2 Kings 22:14_
THE REVELATION OF THE DIVINE PURPOSE
I. IS CLEARLY INTERPRETED BY A DULY AUTHORISED MESSENGER (2 Kings
22:14). Though little is known of Huldah, the prophetess, there is...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 22:1
ACCESSION OF JOSIAH. REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. RECOVERY OF THE BOOK OF THE
LAW....
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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 Kings 21:29; 1 Peter 5:5; 1 Peter 5:6; 1 Samuel 24:5; 2 Chronic
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Tender — He trembled at God's word. He was grieved for the dishonour
done to God by the sins of his people. He was afraid of the judgments
of God, which he saw coming on Jerusalem. This is tenderness...