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Verse 2 Chronicles 34:5. _HE BURNT THE BONES OF THE PRIESTS_]
כומריא _kumeraiya_, the _kemarim_, says the _Targum_. See this
word explained, 2 Kings 23:5....
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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...
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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...
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BURNT THE BONES. Thus fulfilling 1 Kings 13:2....
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_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)....
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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...
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_AND HE BURNT THE BONES OF THE PRIESTS UPON THEIR ALTARS, AND CLEANSED
JUDAH AND JERUSALEM._
He burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars - a greater brand
of infamy could not have been put on...
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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...
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BURNT THE BONES] This was believed to afflict the souls of the dead
priests, as well as to desecrate the shrines at which they had
ministered. The condition of the spirit after death depended in a
lar...
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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...
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(3-7) Idolatry extirpated. This brief account is parallel to 2 Kings
23:4....
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AND HE BURNT... UPON THEIR ALTAR. — See 2 Kings 23:13; 2 Kings
23:16; 2 Kings 23:20 for details. Literally, _and bones of priests he
burnt._ They were bones taken from the graves of the idolatrous
pri...
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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
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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...
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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...
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And he burnt the (d) bones of the priests upon their altars, and
cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
(d) Read (2 Kings 23:16)....
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_Priests, whom he slew upon the altars, 4 K. xxiii._...
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The younger part of his reign no doubt was agreeable to his childhood,
but very tender and imperfect in divine things; yet what an
interesting account the Holy Ghost hath given of Josiah, in that whil...
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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...
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AND HE BURNT THE BONES OF THE PRIESTS UPON THEIR ALTARS,.... On which
they sacrificed, in detestation of their idolatry, and to deter from
it; and this he did according to the prophecy of him, above t...
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And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed
Judah and Jerusalem.
Ver. 5. _And he burnt the bones._] That those altars might be defiled,
discredited, and abhorred for ever....
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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...
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JOSIAH RESTORES THE TRUE WORSHIP...
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And he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, after having
taken their skeletons from their graves, thereby defiling the altars
of idolatry, AND CLEANSED JUDAH AND JERUSALEM....
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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...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Chronicles 34:5 burned H8313 (H8804) bones H6106 priests H3548
altars H4196 cleansed H2891 (H8762) Judah H30
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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...
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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...
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_Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign._
JOSIAH’S EARLY PIETY
I. The possibility of youthful responsibility. Other children besides
Josiah have been called to the cares of a kingdom. Mana...
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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
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2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 34:3 Josiah moved decisively
against pagan worship as soon as he reached adulthood at age 20 (see
Numbers 1:3). His reforms included both Judah and the former n
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 13:2; 2 Chronicles 34:7; 2 Kings 23:16; Ezekiel 22:24;...
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If Josiah demolished idolatry, then why does it say Manasseh did it
earlier?
PROBLEM: Here we are informed that Josiah destroyed the altars and
idols, but earlier (in 2 Chronicles 33:15) Manasseh had...