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Verse 2 Kings 23:37. _HE DID_ THAT WHICH WAS _EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF
THE LORD_] He was a most unprincipled and oppressive tyrant.
_Jeremiah_ gives us his character at large, Jeremiah 22:13, to which
th...
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VI. FINAL APOSTASY OF JUDAH AND THE CAPTIVITY
1. Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim
CHAPTER 23:31-37
_ 1. The three months' reign of Jehoahaz (2 Kings 23:31; 2 Chronicles
36:1)_
2. Jehoiakim made king ...
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2 KINGS 23:36 TO 2 KINGS 24:7. JEHOIAKIM. A fuller account of the
reign is given by Jeremiah, who consistently opposed the king (see
Jeremiah 25-27, 35 f., and especially 2 Kings 22:13).
The external...
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DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL. See 2 Chronicles 36:5; Jeremiah 22:17;
Jeremiah 24:8; Jeremiah 26:22. N.B. Jeremiah Chapter s 13-2
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III. THE REIGN AND REBELLION OF JEHOIAKIM 23:36-24:7
TRANSLATION
(36) Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother...
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RELIGIOUS REFORM. JOSIAH'S DEATH
2. The prophets] Jeremiah, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah lived about this
time. READ IN THEIR EARS] cp. the similar proceeding related in
Nehemiah 8:4.;...
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 23
THE *COVENANT WITH THE *LORD
V1 The king called together all the leaders of *Judah and Jerusalem.
V2 He went to th...
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THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM (2 Kings 23:35 to 2 Kings 24:7).
(35) AND JEHOIAKIM GAVE. — _And the silver and the gold did
Jehoiakim give_... He had to pay for his elevation. The raising of the
fine of 2 Kin...
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וַ יַּ֥עַשׂ הָ רַ֖ע בְּ עֵינֵ֣י
יְהוָ֑ה
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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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JEHOIAKIM
B.C. 608-597
2 Kings 23:36; 2 Kings 24:1
"But those things that are recorded of him, and of his uncleanness and
impiety, are written in the Chronicles of the Kings,"
- RAPC 1Es 1:42
"Wh...
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IN THE HANDS OF HEATHEN FOES
2 Kings 23:26
Josiah's life ended in terrible disaster. He persisted in measuring
himself in battle against the king of Egypt in a quarrel which was
none of his, and thus...
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In this chapter we have a graphic account of the reformation following
the discovery of the book of the Law. It was carried out by the
splendid enthusiasm and energy of Josiah, and it is interesting t...
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_Fathers, or ancestors, not his immediate father Josias, ver. 32.
(Haydock) --- Joakim chose to imitate the wicked, and was not deterred
by the chastisement of his brother. (Calmet) --- His character...
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We are hastening now to the period of Judah's history, as a kingdom.
Three short months Jehoahaz reigned; and then was made a prisoner. The
prophet Ezekiel laments him under the similitude of a young...
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REFLECTIONS
How interesting to good Josiah appeared the law of God! With what
peculiar delight did he convene all the people to attend the reading
of it! And with what holy joy did he celebrate the pa...
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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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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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AND HE DID THAT WHICH WAS EVIL IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, ACCORDING TO
ALL THAT HIS FATHERS HAD DONE. Amon and Manasseh; see
2 Kings 23:32....
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And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according
to all that his fathers had done.
Ver. 37. _And he did that which was evil._] To all his former evils he
added this, that he slew...
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_He did that which was evil_, &c. By idolatry, the oppression of his
people, and the persecution of the prophets and other good men. For he
killed the Prophet Urijah, and was at the charge to fetch hi...
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1 Iosiah causeth the booke to bee read in a solemne assembly.
3 He reneweth the Couenant of the LORD.
4 He destroyeth idolatry.
15 He burnt dead mens bones vpon the altar of Bethel, as was
foreprop...
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JOSIAH'S COVENANT AND JUDGMENT OF IDOLATRY
(vv.1-20)
Being king in Judah and therefore the representative of all the
people, Josiah realised his responsibility of involving them all in
hearing the W...
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31-37 After Josiah was laid in his grave, one trouble came on
another, till, in twenty-two years, Jerusalem was destroyed. The
wicked perished in great numbers, the remnant were purified, and
Josiah'...
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By idolatry, the oppression of his people, and the persecution of the
prophets, and other good men, JEREMIAH 26:21 EZEKIEL 19:5....
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2 Kings 23:37 did H6213 (H8799) evil H7451 sight H5869 LORD H3068
fathers H1 done H6213 (H8804)
he d
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CONTENTS: Law read to the people. The king's covenant and
reformations.
CHARACTERS: God, Josiah, Hilkiah. Pharaoh-neche, Jehoahaz, Jehoikim,
Eliakim.
CONCLUSION: We should put ourselves heartily int...
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2 Kings 23:29. _He slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him;_ as in 2
Kings 14:8. It would seem from this phrase that the two kings were
engaged in single combat. This was an error for which Josiah f...
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_And like unto him there was no king before him._
JOSIAH’S REFORMATION
This and the previous chapter show us the influence of a godly
sovereign. This prince at the age of twenty-six begins to repair...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 23:26. NOTWITHSTANDING THE LORD TURNED NOT—The nation’s
heart was not changed by all this fervour of the king and the
reformation of external worship. Jeremia...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 23:1
JOSIAH'S RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT. HIS REFORMS AND DEATH. REIGN OF
JEHOAHAZ. ACCESSION OF JEHO
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And the king stood by the pillar, and he made a covenant before the
LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and the
testimonies and the statutes with their heart and with their soul...
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2 Chronicles 28:22; 2 Chronicles 33:22; 2 Chronicles 33:23; 2
Chronicles 33:4;...