2 Kings 22:1-20
JOSIAH. THE FINDING OF A BOOK OF THE LAW 1. Boscath] in Judah: cp. Joshua 15:39.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOSIAH. THE FINDING OF A BOOK OF THE LAW 1. Boscath] in Judah: cp. Joshua 15:39.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT HE MAY SUM, etc.] Josiah was contemplating a restoration of the Temple similar to that carried out previously by Joash (2 Kings 12:4.), and a collection of money had been made for the purpose: see 2 Chronicles 34:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE DOERS OF THE WORK.. TO THE DOERS OF THE WORK] The first were the overseers, the second were the labourers.... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE WAS NO RECKONING] cp. 2 Chronicles 12:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BOOK OF THE LAW] As the book found in the Temple was brief enough to be read at a single assembly (2 Kings 23:2), whereas the reading of the Law by Ezra occupied several days (Nehemiah 8:18), it can scarcely have included the whole of the Pentateuch; and the religious reforms that Josiah carried... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE OUR FATHERS, etc.] Whether Deuteronomy was actually written by Moses or at a later date, the bulk of its teaching had long been familiar to the people, since it contained the substance of the book of the covenant (Exodus 24:7), embracing Exodus 20-23.... [ Continue Reading ]
HULDAH] The only other prophetesses mentioned in the OT. are Miriam (Exodus 15:20), Deborah (Judges 4:4), and Noadiah (Nehemiah 6:14). IN THE COLLEGE] RV 'in the second quarter,' a certain division of the city which in Zechariah 1:10 is associated with 'the fish gate,' a gate in the N or NW. wall.... [ Continue Reading ]
A CURSE] cp. Deuteronomy 28:15. The condition of Jerusalem should be such that people desirous of cursing their enemies could wish them no worse a fate.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN PEACE] Josiah, though he fell in battle (2 Kings 23:29), yet was spared the pain of witnessing the calamities sustained by his country in the time of his successors. He was one of 'the righteous who were taken away from the evil to come' (Isaiah 57:1).... [ Continue Reading ]