Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Chronicles 34:9
i.e. The Levites, who had gone abroad through all Josiah's kingdom to gather money for this good use, and now came with it to Jerusalem, to lodge it in the treasuries of the Lord's house.
i.e. The Levites, who had gone abroad through all Josiah's kingdom to gather money for this good use, and now came with it to Jerusalem, to lodge it in the treasuries of the Lord's house.
Verse 2 Chronicles 34:9. _AND THEY RETURNED TO JERUSALEM._] Instead of וישבו _vaiyashubu_, "they returned," we should read יושבי _yoshebey_, "the inhabitants;" a reading which is supported by many MS...
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...
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...
_And when they came … they delivered_ R.V. AND THEY CAME … AND DELIVERED. The matter is somewhat differently stated in 2 Kin. according to which they are sent to Hilkiah with a message to him to "sum...
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...
_AND WHEN THEY CAME TO HILKIAH THE HIGH PRIEST, THEY DELIVERED THE MONEY THAT WAS BROUGHT INTO THE HOUSE OF GOD, WHICH THE LEVITES THAT KEPT THE DOORS HAD GATHERED OF THE HAND OF MANASSEH AND EPHRAIM,...
34:9 Jerusalem. (b-59) Some would read 'who had returned to Jerusalem,' or 'and they returned to Jerusalem.'...
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...
AND THEY RETURNED TO JERUSALEM] Another reading is 'and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.'...
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...
(8-13) The cleansing and repair of the Temple. (Comp. 2 Kings 22:3; and the similar account of the restoration by Joash in 2 Chronicles 24:11). WHEN HE HAD PURGED. — Omit _had._ (_Lĕtah_ç_r_ is appare...
AND WHEN THEY CAME... THEY DELIVERED. — _And they came_ ... _and they gave._ In 2 Kings 22:3, the contents of 2 Chronicles 34:9 a are given in the form of the king’s instructions to Shaphan. Here we a...
וַ יָּבֹ֜אוּ אֶל ־חִלְקִיָּ֣הוּ ׀ הַ כֹּהֵ֣ן...
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
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 of...
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...
I admire the fidelity and honesty of those workmen who did the work faithfully, and with whom the money was intrusted. How delightful a thing it is to have gracious men about us, in whom we can confid...
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...
AND WHEN THEY CAME TO HILKIAH THE HIGH PRIEST,.... To whom they were sent to advise with about the repair of the temple: THEY DELIVERED THE MONEY THAT WAS BROUGHT INTO THE HOUSE OF GOD; that is, the...
_And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim,...
_When he had purged the land and the house_ The house of God, called the house, by way of eminence. _And they returned to Jerusalem_ That is, the Levites, who had gone abroad through all Josiah's king...
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...
And when they came to Hilkiah, the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim,...
JOSIAH RESTORES THE TRUE WORSHIP...
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...
2 Chronicles 34:9 came H935 (H8799) Hilkiah H2518 high H1419 priest H3548 delivered H5414 (H8799) money H3701
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...
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...
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 lead
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 34:8 The repair of the temple in 622 B.C. was part of Josiah’s continuing reform. HE SENT SHAPHAN. See note on 2 Kings 22:3–7. Contributions came from
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 ...
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 f...
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 was...
2 Chronicles 24:11; 2 Chronicles 30:10; 2 Chronicles 30:18; 2 Chronicles 31:1;...