_JOSIAH REIGNS THIRTY-ONE YEARS. HE DESTROYS THE IDOLS, AND PURIFIES THE TEMPLE. HILKIAH THE PRIEST FINDS THE BOOK OF THE LAW IN THE TEMPLE, CONCERNING WHICH JOSIAH CONSULTS HULDAH THE PROPHETESS._ _Before Christ 623._... [ Continue Reading ]
IMAGES THAT WERE ON HIGH— Or, _solar statues._ Or, _temples dedicated to the fire._... [ Continue Reading ]
A BOOK OF THE LAW—GIVEN BY MOSES— See note on 2 Kings 22:8. The word _given_ is not in the Hebrew. It is literally, _A book of the law of Jehovah, by the hand of Moses._ It is scarcely possible for words more naturally to describe _a book written by Moses himself,_ or to vouch more fully that the ma... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING—RENT HIS CLOTHES— If there were several copies of the law in Judah taken from the venerable original of Moses, under the inspection of the high-priest or some prophet, how are we to account for the surprise expressed by Josiah and the people, at his reading the copy found by Hilkiah? To thi... [ Continue Reading ]