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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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HE SENT. This is supplementary to 2 Kings 22:3.
TO REPAIR. This had been done before by Joash (2 Kings 12:4)....
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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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_NOW IN THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF HIS REIGN, WHEN HE HAD PURGED THE LAND,
AND THE HOUSE, HE SENT SHAPHAN THE SON OF AZALIAH, AND MAASEIAH THE
GOVERNOR OF THE CITY, AND JOAH THE SON OF JOAHAZ THE RECORDER...
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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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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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(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...
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וּ בִ שְׁנַ֨ת שְׁמֹונֶ֤ה עֶשְׂרֵה֙ לְ
מָלְכֹ֔
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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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_Eselias, or Assia. This man is alone mentioned, 4 K. xxii. 3. C._...
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I admire the expression, the Lord his God. As if it meant to say, that
young as Josiah was, he had now acquired a knowledge of his own
personal interest in the covenant of the Lord. And what was this...
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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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NOW IN THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR OF HIS REIGN, WHEN HE HAD PURGED THE LAND
AND THE HOUSE,.... The temple; this was in the twenty sixth year of
his age, six years this work had been doing before it was finis...
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Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land,
and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the
governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder,...
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_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...
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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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Now, in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land
and the house, removed the defilement of idolatry from the Temple, HE
SENT SHAPHAN, THE SON OF AZALIAH, AND MAASEIAH, THE GOVERNOR...
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JOSIAH RESTORES THE TRUE WORSHIP...
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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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THE LAND AND THE HOUSE; the house of God, called the house by way of
eminency....
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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 34:8 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
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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 Chronicles 18:15; 2 Kings 22:12; 2 Kings 22:14; 2 Kings 22:3;...
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The house — The house of God, called the house by way of eminency....