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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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COMMANDED HILKIAH THE PRIEST, AND AHIKAM THE SON OF SHAPHAN.
The persons named were appointed. formal deputation to seek the will
of the Lord. Ahikam is named (Jeremiah 26:24) as Jeremiah's protector...
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C. A LOST BOOK RECOVERED 22:8-13
TRANSLATION
(8) And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, The book
of the law I have found in the house of the LORD! And Hilkiah gave the
book unto Sh...
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_AND SHAPHAN THE SCRIBE CAME TO THE KING, AND BROUGHT THE KING WORD
AGAIN, AND SAID, THY SERVANTS HAVE GATHERED THE MONEY THAT WAS FOUND
IN THE HOUSE, AND HAVE DELIVERED IT INTO THE HAND OF THEM THAT...
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22:12 Micaiah, (b-19) See Note e, Judges 17:4 , meaning, 'Who is like
Jah.'...
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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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AND THE KING COMMANDED ... — Comp. the similar embassy to Isaiah (2
Kings 19:2).
As to _Ahikam_ see Jeremiah 26:24; Jeremiah 40:5; and for _Achbor_,...
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וַ יְצַ֣ו הַ מֶּ֡לֶךְ אֶת
־חִלְקִיָּ֣ה הַ
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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."
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"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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FINDING THE LOST LAW
2 Kings 22:1
In the midst of a dissolute court, Josiah's young life grew as a palm
on the desert-waste. At the age of sixteen he sought the Lord, and at
eighteen he became even m...
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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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How gracious an enquiry. Josiah compared the threatenings of God's law
with the magnitude of the sins of the people, and he felt the dreaded
punishment as already at the door. These are sure signs of...
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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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AND THE KING COMMANDED HILKIAH THE PRIEST,.... The high priest, as he
is called, 2 Kings 22:4
AND AHIKAM THE SON OF SHAPHAN; whether the same with Shaphan the
scribe, before mentioned, or another of...
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And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of
Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and
Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying,
Ver. 12. _And Achbor the...
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_Asahiah, a servant of the king's_ Who most constantly waited upon the
king's person; otherwise all of those here mentioned were the king's
servants. _Go ye, inquire of the Lord for me, and for the pe...
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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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And the king commanded Hilkiah, the priest, and Ahikam, the son of
Shaphan, and Achbor, the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan, the scribe, and
Asahiah, a servant of the king's, one of his officers, SAYING,...
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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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A SERVANT OF THE KING S, who most constantly waited upon the king's
person; otherwise all of them were the king's servants....
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2 Kings 22:12 king H4428 commanded H6680 (H8762) Hilkiah H2518 priest
H3548 Ahikam H296 son H1121 Shaphan H8227 Ac
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THE DISCOVERY OF THE BOOK OF THE LAW AND ITS IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES (2
KINGS 22:8).
We have already indicated above our view that this Book of the Law was
found within the foundation walls themselves,...
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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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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 22:11 Brought up in a royal court that had
disobeyed God for 57 years, Josiah did not know the Lord’s demands.
As soon as he became aware, HE TORE HIS CLOTHES in grief and desp...
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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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2 Chronicles 34:19; 2 Chronicles 34:20; 2 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 19:3;...