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Verse 2 Kings 23:3. _STOOD BY A PILLAR_] _He stood_, על העמוד
al haammud, "_upon the stairs or pulpit_." This is what is called the
_brazen_ _scaffold_ or _pulpit_ which Solomon made, and on which th...
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2. THE RESULTS OF THE REVIVAL AND THE DEATH OF JOSIAH
CHAPTER 23:1-30
_ 1. The People hear the law (2 Kings 23:1; 2 Chronicles 34)_
2. Josiah makes a covenant (2 Kings 23:3)
3. The great reformati...
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2 KINGS 23:3. BY THE PILLAR. COVENANT: for the word pillar see 2 Kings
11:14 and 1 Kings 7:21. In the latter passage it is used for the two
great brazen pillars set up by Solomon before the porch of t...
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BY. PILLAR: or, on the pillar, or, platform. Compare 2 Kings 11:14.
SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.
WRITTEN. See App-47.
STOOD. But not for long. See Jeremiah 11:2....
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DISCOURSE: 381
COVENANTING WITH GOD
2 Kings 23:3. _And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant
before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments
and his testimonies and hi...
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E. THE COVENANT RENEWED 23:1-3
TRANSLATION
(1) And he sent and gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and
Jerusalem. (2) And the king went up to the house of the LORD and all
the men of Judah and...
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_AND THE KING STOOD BY A PILLAR, AND MADE A COVENANT BEFORE THE LORD,
TO WALK AFTER THE LORD, AND TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS AND HIS
TESTIMONIES AND HIS STATUTES WITH ALL THEIR HEART AND ALL THEIR SOUL,...
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BY A PILLAR] or, 'upon a platform': cp. Nehemiah 11:14...
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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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BY A PILLAR. — _On the stand or dais_ (2 Kings 11:14).
A COVENANT. — _The covenant_, which had so often been broken. Josiah
pledged himself “to walk after the Lord,” and imposed a similar
pledge on t...
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וַ יַּעֲמֹ֣ד הַ֠ מֶּלֶךְ עַֽל ־הָ֨
עַמּ֜וּד
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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."
- #/RAPC 1Es 1:23
"From Zion shall go forth the Law, and the...
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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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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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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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And the king stood by (b) a pillar, and made a (c) covenant before the
LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his
testimonies and his statutes with all [their] heart and all [t...
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_The step. His tribune or tribunal, a more eminent place, from whence
he might be seen and heard by the people. (Challoner) --- This brazen
tribune is described [in] chap. xi. 14., and 2 Paralipomenon...
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The covenant here spoken of means the renewal of that gracious one the
Lord had vouchsafed in times past, when he formed Israel into a
church; in which God graciously said, I will be their God, and th...
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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 THE KING STOOD BY A PILLAR,.... As the manner of kings was, 2
Kings 11:14 and is thought to be the brasen scaffold erected by
Solomon, on which he stood at the dedication of the temple, and now
Jo...
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And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD,
to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his
testimonies and his statutes with all [their] heart and all [their]
so...
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_The king stood by a pillar_ Of which see on chap. 2 Kings 11:14. _And
made a covenant before the Lord_ The king himself was the first and
principal covenanter, who publicly and solemnly declared his...
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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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THE COVENANT RENEWED...
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And the king stood by a pillar, probably a raised dais or platform,
AND MADE A COVENANT BEFORE THE LORD TO WALK AFTER THE LORD, in obeying
Him and doing His will, AND TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS AND HIS...
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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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1-3 Josiah had received a message from God, that there was no
preventing the ruin of Jerusalem, but that he should only deliver his
own soul; yet he does his duty, and leaves the event to God. He
enga...
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BY THE PILLAR; of which SEE POOLE ON "2 KINGS 11:14"; SEE POOLE ON "2
CHRONICLES 34:31". TO THE COVENANT, to wit, as to the taking of it;
they declared their consent to it, and their concurrence with...
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2 Kings 23:3 king H4428 stood H5975 (H8799) pillar H5982 made H3772
(H8799) covenant H1285 before H6440 LORD...
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THE READING OF THE LAW AND THE MAKING OF THE COVENANT (2 KINGS 23:1).
2 Kings 23:1
‘And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah
and of Jerusalem.'
Deeply moved by the words o...
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2 Kings 23:3 , 2 KINGS 23:25
The lesson we learn from this chapter is that we may repent and yet be
punished.
I. People do not like to believe that; it is much more convenient to
fancy that when a ma...
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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 the King sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah
and of Jerusalem._
GOOD AIMS AND BAD METHODS
The verses I have selected record and illustrate good alms and bad
methods.
I. Go...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 23:2 THE KING WENT UP TO THE HOUSE OF THE
LORD. Since Josiah is a faithful king, Huldah’s message of doom does
not keep him from pursuing religious reform in light of the...
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THE DESTRUCTION OF IDOLATRY BY JOSIAH
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 23:1. THE KING SENT AND GATHERED ALL THE ELDERS OF JUDAH—Not
content to hide from coming ill under God’s promise of imm...
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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 15:12; 2 Chronicles 23:13; 2 Chronicles 23:16; 2
Chronicles 29:10;...
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Stood — They declared their consent to it, and their concurrence
with the king in that act, which possibly they did by standing up, as
the king himself stood when he took it. It is of good use, with a...