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Verse 2 Kings 23:10. _HE DEFILED TOPHETH_] St. Jerome says that
Topheth was a fine and pleasant place, well watered with fountains,
and adorned with gardens. The valley of the son of Hinnom, or
_Gehe...
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A parenthesis giving the earlier reforms of Josiah.
2 Kings 23:4
THE PRIESTS OF THE SECOND ORDER - This is a new expression; and
probably refers to the ordinary priests, called here “priests of the
s...
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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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TOPHETH. the Topheth. First occurrence. Put by Figure of speech
_Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), put for anything abhorrent.
VALLEY, &C. The junction of the three valleys uniting south of
Jerusalem. The cont...
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AND HE DEFILED TOPHETH— _Topheth_ תפת comes from תפ _top,_ a
_musical instrument,_ a _drum_ or _tabor;_ and the place was so
called, according to the general opinion of the Jews, because _drums_
or _t...
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F. THE REFORMATION INTENSIFIED 23:4-23
The author deals with the reformation launched by Josiah
geographically rather than chronologically. He discusses (1) the
cleansing of the Temple (2 Kings 23:4-7...
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_AND HE DEFILED TOPHETH, WHICH IS IN THE VALLEY OF THE CHILDREN OF
HINNOM, THAT NO MAN MIGHT MAKE HIS SON OR HIS DAUGHTER TO PASS THROUGH
THE FIRE TO MOLECH._
Topbeth - so called from Toph, a drum; t...
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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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TOPHETH] The name literally means 'spittle' or 'spitting,' and so
designates the locality as a place of abhorrence. THE VALLEY.. HINNOM]
usually identified with the valley that flanks the modern city...
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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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TOPHETH. — Heb. _the Topheth; i.e., the burning place, or hearth_,
if the word be rightly derived from the Persian tôften, “to
burn.” The Hebrew word, however, has been so modified as to suggest
a der...
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וְ טִמֵּ֣א אֶת ־הַ תֹּ֔פֶת אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּ
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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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DESTROYING INDUCEMENTS TO EVIL
2 Kings 23:5
Encouraged by the prophets Zephaniah, Urijah, and perhaps Jeremiah,
Josiah set himself to the work of thorough reform, in which he
endeavored to carry his...
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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 he defiled (k) Topheth, which [is] in the valley of the children
of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass
through the fire to Molech.
(k) Which was a valley near to Jerusa...
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Defiled, or declared it unlawful. (Menochius) --- Topheth may signify
"a drum;" which the Jews say the idolaters beat, to prevent their
childrens' cries from being heard, when they were burning in the...
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When the king had finished reading the words of God's holy law, he
proceeded with an holy zeal to bear testimony to God's truth, in the
destruction of all that God's holy law had forbidden. And what a...
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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 HE DEFILED TOPHETH,.... A place so called, as is generally
thought, from the beating of drums or timbrels in it, that the shrieks
of the infants sacrificed here to Molech might not be heard by the...
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And he defiled Topheth, which [is] in the valley of the children of
Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through
the fire to Molech.
Ver. 10. _And he defiled Tophet._] A ple...
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_He defiled Topheth_ By throwing different kinds of filth and dead
carcasses into it, and making it the burying-place of the city.
Topheth was a place very near Jerusalem, where was the image of
Molec...
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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 he, Josiah, DEFILED TOPHETH, WHICH IS IN THE VALLEY OF THE
CHILDREN OF HINNOM, south of the city, where children had been
sacrificed to Moloch, Isaiah 30:33, THAT NO MAN MIGHT MAKE HIS SON OR
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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4-14 What abundance of wickedness in Judah and Jerusalem! One would
not have believed it possible, that in Judah, where God was known, in
Israel, where his name was great, in Salem, in Zion, where hi...
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IN THE VALLEY OF THE CHILDREN OF HINNOM; of which see JOSHUA 15:8
NEHEMIAH 11:30 JEREMIAH 7:31, JEREMIAH 19:6,11. To pass thr
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DETAILS OF JOSIAH'S REFORMS WHICH TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT HIS REIGN OVER
MANY YEARS (2 KINGS 23:5).
What is now described would have commenced well before Josiah's
eighteenth year as the Temple was puri...
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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 23:10 The VALLEY OF THE SON OF HINNOM ran
along the western and southern sides of ancient Jerusalem until it met
the Kidron Valley running from north to south. It is associated...
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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 28:3; 2 Chronicles 33:6; 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 17:17;...
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Topheth — Very near Jerusalem, where was the image of Molech, to
whom some sacrificed their children, burning them in the fire, others
dedicated them, making them pass between two fires. It is suppose...