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Verse 2 Kings 22:17. _MY WRATH SHALL BE KINDLED_] The decree is gone
forth; Jerusalem shall be delivered into the hands of its enemies; the
people will revolt more and more; towards them longsuffering...
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HAVE BURNED INCENSE - In the marginal reference the corresponding
phrase is: “have served other gods, and worshipped them.” Its
alteration to “have bnrned incense” points to the fact that the
favorite...
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V. THE REIGN OF JOSIAH
1. The Revival
CHAPTER 22
_ 1. Josiah begins to reign (2 Kings 22:1; 2 Chronicles 34:1)_
2. The temple repaired (2 Kings 22:3;...
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2 KINGS 22:1 TO 2 KINGS 23:30_ A_. THE REIGN AND REFORMS OF JOSIAH.
The fifty-seven years of the reigns of Manasseh and Amon were,
according to Kings (not Chronicles), a period of apostasy, which
prob...
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FORSAKEN ME. Huldah adopts the words of Deuteronomy 29:25....
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D. THE PROPHETIC WORD OF HULDAH 22:14-20
TRANSLATION
(14) And Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asahiah went
onto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah the
son o...
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JOSIAH. THE FINDING OF A BOOK OF THE LAW
1. Boscath] in Judah: cp. Joshua 15:39....
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THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH
BOOK OF 2 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 22
JOSIAH’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH
V1 Josiah was 8 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem
for 31 years....
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WITH ALL THE WORKS (work) OF THEIR HANDS. — With the idols they have
made. See 1 Kings 16:7, where the same phrase occurs. (Comp. also
Isaiah 44:9; Psalms 115:4 _seq_.).
SHALL NOT BE QUENCHED. — Comp....
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תַּ֣חַת ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲזָב֗וּנִי וַֽ
יְקַטְּרוּ֙ לֵ...
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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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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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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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With Josiah's accession came the last attempt at reformation before
Judah was finally swept into captivity. Josiah's first act of
reformation was to restore the Temple. All that followed grew out of
t...
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Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other
gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the (h) works of
their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this plac...
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According to the dates of the prophets, Jeremiah had been preaching
his sermons for five years before this event took place; and Zephaniah
ministered much about the same time; yet Huldah, like another...
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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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_A MEMORABLE YEAR_
‘The eighteenth year of king Josiah.’
2 Kings 22:3
Josiah mounted the throne when he was eight years old. He was the son
of Amon and the grandson of Manasseh, both of them evil r...
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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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BECAUSE THEY HAVE FORSAKEN ME,.... My worship, as the Targum; his word
and ordinances:
AND HAVE BURNT INCENSE UNTO OTHER GODS; to Baal, to the host of
heaven, and other Heathen deities:
THAT THEY MI...
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Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other
gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their
hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, a...
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_Because they have forsaken me_ The God of their fathers, and the only
living and true God. _And burned incense to other gods_ Imaginary
beings of their own devising, or _the works of their hands _
Go...
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1 Iosiah his good reigne.
3 He taketh care for the repaire of the Temple.
8 Hilkiah hauing found a booke of the Lawe, Iosiah sendeth to Huldah
to enquire of the Lord.
15 Huldah prophesieth destruct...
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THE BOOK OF THE LAW READ BEFORE THE KING, AND THE RESULTS...
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because they have forsaken Me, and have burned incense unto other
gods, indulged in gross and shameless idolatry, THAT THEY MIGHT
PROVOKE ME TO ANGER WITH ALL THE WORKS OF THEIR HANDS, with the idol
s...
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JOSIAH'S GOOD REIGN
(22:1 - 23:30)
From Josiah's beginning to reign at eight years of age, his reign was
faithful and godly, for he walked in the ways of David, the first of
Israel's godly kings (v....
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11-20 The book of the law is read before the king. Those best honour
their Bibles, who study them; daily feed on that bread, and walk by
that light. Convictions of sin and wrath should put us upon th...
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THE WORKS OF THEIR HANDS; gods made with hands. This she adds to
aggravate their folly and contempt of God, in preferring such vain and
idle things before him....
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HULDAH'S REPLY TO JOSIAH (2 KINGS 22:14).
The enquiry was made to Huldah, the prophetess. We should note that
there is no hint that Huldah read the book, or even saw it. Given the
care that the author...
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CONTENTS: Reign of Josiah. Repairing temple and finding of the book of
the law.
CHARACTERS: God, Josiah, Hilkiah, Shaphan, Huldah, Ahikam, Achbor,
Asahiah.
CONCLUSION: An unread Bible is a lost Bibl...
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2 Kings 22:8. _I have found the book of the law._ This was “the book
of the law of the Lord by Moses,” 2 Chronicles 34:14; that is, in
Moses's own handwriting. Lyranus, a rabbi, says, that Ahaz had bu...
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_Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign._
A MONARCH OF RARE VIRTUE, AND A GOD OF RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
I. A monarch of rare virtue. Josiah was eight years old when he began
to reign.” In th...
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 22:1 Josiah. Josiah is a long-awaited good
king (see 1 Kings 13:2). He does many significant deeds, but it comes
too late to change Judah’s fate.
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_HOMILETICS OF 2 Kings 22:14_
THE REVELATION OF THE DIVINE PURPOSE
I. IS CLEARLY INTERPRETED BY A DULY AUTHORISED MESSENGER (2 Kings
22:14). Though little is known of Huldah, the prophetess, there is...
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THE LAST EFFORT OF REFORMATION UNDER JOSIAH
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 22:2. HE DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT—In his minority Josiah
was. guarded and directed by godly teachers and counselor...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 22:1
ACCESSION OF JOSIAH. REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. RECOVERY OF THE BOOK OF THE
LAW....
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And Josiah was only eight years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. And he did that which was
right in the sight of the LORD (2 Kings 22:1-2).
Now at this poi...
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1 Kings 9:6; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Deuteronomy
29:24;...
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The works — Gods made with hands....