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2 Kings 22 - Introduction

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 22

This chapter begins with the age and character of Josiah king of Judah, 2 Kings 22:1, relates his orders for repairing the temple, 2 Kings 22:3, his attention to the book of the law, which was found, and read to him, and the effect it had upon him, 2 Kings 22:8, the command he gave to certain persons to inquire of the Lord about it, who applied to Huldah the prophetess, 2 Kings 22:12, who returned an answer by them to the king, foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem, and giving the reason of it, and at the same time assuring the king it should not be in his days, 2 Kings 22:15.

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See also 2 Kings 22 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _JOSIAH REIGNS THIRTY-ONE YEARS: HE REPAIRS THE RUINS OF THE TEMPLE. HILKIAH FINDS THE BOOK OF THE LAW. HULDAH THE PROPHETESS FORETELS THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM._ _Before Christ 623._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR THE LAST GREAT REFORMATION 2 Kings 21:1 to 2 Kings 23:27 Good King Hezekiah was followed on the throne by the most wicked king to ever rule Judah. All the religious gains effecte...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:8 [garment], (a-13) Or 'a hairy man.'...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 3363. B.C. 641._ The general character of Josiah, 2Ki 22:1, 2 Kings 22:2. He repairs the temple, 2 Kings 22:3. The high- priest brings him the original book of the law, 2 Kings 22:8. He sends t...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * Josiah's good reign, His care for repairing the temple, The book of the law found. (1-10) Josiah consults Huldah the prophetess. (11-20)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REIGN OF JOSIAH, KING OF JUDAH C. 640/39-609 BC. Josiah came to the throne as a young child when the powers of Assyria were beginning to wane. Babylon and Media were on the ascendant, Egypt's powe...

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