2 Chronicles 34:1-2 (2 Kings 22:1-2). Josiah's good Reign 1. _In Jerusalem one and thirty years_ R.V. THIRTY AND ONE YEARS IN JERUSALEM (as 2 Kin.). Here the Chronicler omits Josiah's mother's name; cp. 2 Chronicles 33:1; 2 Chronicles 33:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
_in the sight_ R.V. IN THE EYES. _declined neither … nor_ R.V. TURNED NOT ASIDE … OR (as 2 Kin.).... [ Continue Reading ]
3 7 (cp. 2 Chronicles 34:33; 2 Kings 13:4-20). Josiah destroys the Symbols of Idolatry 3. _in the eighth year … and in the twelfth_ The two dates given in this verse seem to be "doublettes," i.e. various readings _both_of which have been adopted and placed side by side in the text. Moreover it is p... [ Continue Reading ]
_Baalim_ R.V. THE BAALIM; cp. 2 Chronicles 33:3 (note). _the images_ R.V. THE SUN-IMAGES (so 2 Chronicles 34:7 for "the idols"). See 2 Kings 23:11. _he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images_ R.V. HE HEWED DOWN; AND THE ASHERIM, AND THE GRAVEN IMAGES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_he burnt the bones of the priests_ Specially at Beth-el; 2 Kings 23:15-16. _cleansed_ R.V. PURGED (as in 2 Chronicles 34:3; 2 Chronicles 34:8).... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 marginal note, "The text is probably corrupt"). LXX. ἐν … τοῖς τόποις αὐτῶν i.e. "in their places." Pesh.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And when … all the idols_ R.V. AND HE BRAKE DOWN THE ALTARS, AND BEAT THE ASHERIM AND THE GRAVEN IMAGES INTO POWDER, AND HEWED DOWN ALL THE SUN-IMAGES. _he returned_ R.V. AND RETURNED.... [ Continue Reading ]
(2 Kings 22:3-20). Repair of the Temple. Discovery of the Book of the Law 8. _Shaphan_ According to 2 Kin. he was Scribe. See 1 Chronicles 18:16 (note). _the governor of the city_ Render, A RULER OF THE CITY; cp. 2 Chronicles 29:20. _the recorder_ R.V. mg. THE CHRONICLER; cp. 1 Chronicles 18:15 ... [ Continue Reading ]
_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" i.e. to reckon the total of the money collected in the Temple. _the Levites that kept the doors_ R... [ Continue Reading ]
_put_it _in_ R.V. DELIVERED IT INTO. _and they gave it_to _the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD_ R.V. AND THE WORKMEN THAT WROUGHT IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD GAVE IT. The "workmen" are distinguished from the "carpenters and builders" (2 Chronicles 34:11); overseers of some kind are meant... [ Continue Reading ]
_to the artificers and builders_ R.V. TO THE CARPENTERS AND TO THE BUILDERS. _to floor_ R.V. TO MAKE BEAMS FOR. _the houses_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 28:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the overseers_ There is no parallel in 2 Kin. for the rest of this verse and for 2 Chronicles 34:13. _to set_it _forward_ The same Heb. word is used in 1 Chronicles 23:4. _could skill_ "Skill" is used as a verb also in 2 Chronicles 2:7-8. _skill of instruments_= "play skilfully upon instruments.... [ Continue Reading ]
were _overseers of all that wrought the work_ R.V. SET FORWARD ALL THAT DID THE WORK. _in any manner_ R.V. IN EVERY MANNER. _scribes_ Transcribers of the Law; Ezra 7:6; Ezra 7:11. _officers_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 19:11. _porters_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 26:1 ff.... [ Continue Reading ]
This verse has no parallel in 2 Kin. _a book of the law_ R.V. THE BOOK OF THE LAW. This book was not the complete Pentateuch in its present shape, for the redaction of the Pentateuch as a whole, is attributed by the ablest critics to a later period than this. Similarly it cannot have been the book... [ Continue Reading ]
_answered and said_ For the use of "answer" where no question had been asked cp. 2 Chronicles 29:31, note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_and brought the king word back again_ R.V. AND MOREOVER BROUGHT THE KING WORD AGAIN.... [ Continue Reading ]
_have gathered together_ R.V. HAVE EMPTIED OUT.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then Shaphan_ R.V. AND SHAPHAN. _hath given_ R.V. HATH DELIVERED (as in 2 Chronicles 34:15). _read it_ R.V. READ THEREIN. The Heb. expression is partitive.... [ Continue Reading ]
_rent his clothes_ A sign of grief. "Clothes" is in the plur. because both inner and outer garments are meant. See Ezra 9:3 (with Ryle's note).... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ahikam the son of Shaphan_ Cp. Jeremiah 26:24; Jeremiah 40:5. _Abdon the son of Micah_ In 2 Kin. "Achbor the son of Micaiah." _a servant of the king's_ R.V. THE KING'S SERVANT.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Go_ R.V. GO YE (as in 2 Kin.). _that is poured out upon us_ In 2 Kin. "that is kindled against us," so LXX. ἐκκέκαυται. Cp. here, 2 Chronicles 34:25 (note). _after all_ R.V. ACCORDING UNTIL ALL (cp. 2 Chronicles 28:3).... [ Continue Reading ]
they _that the king_had appointed] R.V. THEY WHOM THE KING HAD COMMANDED. The verb _âmar_has seemingly fallen out of the Heb. text. _the prophetess_ This title is given to Miriam (Exodus 15:20), Deborah (Judges 4:4), Anna (Luke 2:36); cp. also Nehemiah 6:14; Revelation 2:20. _Tikvath_ R.V. TOKHATH... [ Continue Reading ]
_she answered them_ R.V. SHE SAID UNTO THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
_all the curses_ Deuteronomy 27:15-26; Deuteronomy 28:15-68.... [ Continue Reading ]
_therefore my wrath shall be poured out_ R.V. THEREFORE IS MY WRATH POURED OUT (agreeing with 2 Chronicles 34:21). Some of its effects were already manifest.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And as for the king_ R.V. BUT UNTO THE KING. _the Lord God of Israel_concerning _the words_ R.V. THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL: AS TOUCHING THE WORDS.... [ Continue Reading ]
_humbledst … and didst rend … and weep_ R.V. HAST HUMBLED … AND HAST RENT … AND WEPT. _I have men heard_thee also] R.V. I ALSO HAVE HEARD THEE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_of the same_ R.V. THEREOF. Cp. the similar promise made to Ahab (1 Kings 21:29).... [ Continue Reading ]
(cp. 2 Kings 23:1-3). The Renewal of the Covenant with Jehovah This renewal of the covenant should be compared with Hezekiah's great service of atonement for the breach of the covenant (2 Chronicles 29:20 ff.). See also Exodus 24:3-8.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the Levites_ In 2 Kin. "the prophets.... [ Continue Reading ]
_to walk after the Lord_ Cp. Deuteronomy 10:12-13. _which are written_ R.V. THAT WERE WRITTEN.... [ Continue Reading ]
_he caused all that were_ FOUND … _to stand_to it] In 2 Kin., "all the people stood to the covenant.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And Josiah took away_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 34:3-7. _made all that were_ FOUND … _to serve_ i.e. made the remnant of the Northern tribes his subjects. even _to serve_ Render, THAT THEY MIGHT SERVE. _all his days_ The case was altered under his son Jehoiakim.... [ Continue Reading ]