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Verse 2 Kings 23:18. _THE PROPHET THAT CAME OUT OF SAMARIA_] 1 Kings
13:32....
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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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The grave of the prophet. This is evidently an addition to the
original story. The altar, which in 2 Kings 23:15 had been destroyed,
is supposed to be still standing. The man of God is, of course, the...
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_Let him alone_ R.V. LET HIM BE. The verb translated -let alone", in a
later clause of the verse is not the same as this. Hence the change in
the English.
_that came out of Samaria_ i.e. The prophet o...
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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 SAID, LET HIM ALONE; LET NO MAN MOVE HIS BONES. SO THEY LET
HIS BONES ALONE, WITH THE BONES OF THE PROPHET THAT CAME OUT OF
SAMARIA._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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SAMARIA] here used of the country rather than the city, since the
prophet alluded to belonged to Bethel....
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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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(16-18) These verses are supposed by Stähelin to be a fictitious
addition of the compiler’s. Thenius does not go so far as this, but
assumes that the proper sequel of 1 Kings 13:1, has been transferre...
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LET HIM ALONE. — Or, _Let him rest._
SO THEY LET HIS BONES ALONE. — A different verb. _And they suffered
his bones to escape_, scil., disturbance.
WITH THE BONES OF THE PROPHET... — See 1 Kings 13:3...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הַנִּ֣יחוּ לֹ֔ו אִ֖ישׁ
אַל ־יָנַ
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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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PROVING HIS WHOLE-HEARTEDNESS
2 Kings 23:15
Josiah carried his drastic reforms even to Samaria, thus fulfilling a
prophecy uttered 350 years before. See 1 Kings 13:2. The old leaven
having now been c...
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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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Samaria. It seems this word has been inserted instead of Juda, as it
is certain the prophet came thence, ver. 17., and 3 Kings xiii. 32.
(Calmet) --- But thus both prophets would be identified. It wou...
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There is somewhat particularly interesting in the history to which
these verses refer, and I would beg the Reader to mark it with me. If
he will turn to the thirteenth chapter of the first book of the...
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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 SAID, LET HIM ALONE, LET NO MAN MOVE HIS BONES,.... Not take
them out of the grave, as they had done the rest:
SO THEY LET HIS BONES ALONE, WITH THE BONES OF THE PROPHET THAT CAME
OUT OF SAMAR...
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_He said, Let no man move his bones_ It is pertinently observed by
Joh. Wolfius, that if pious persons, in those days, had had the same
opinion about relics which has long been prevalent in the Church...
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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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And he, Josiah, SAID, LET HIM ALONE; LET NO MAN MOVE HIS BONES; HIS
BONES WERE NOT TO BE USED IN DEFILING THE SANCTUARY OF IDOLATRY. SO
THEY LET HIS BONES ALONE, they saved them from the general defil...
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THE COVENANT RENEWED...
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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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ALONE:
_ Heb._ to escape...
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15-24 Josiah's zeal extended to the cities of Israel within his
reach. He carefully preserved the sepulchre of that man of God, who
came from Judah to foretell the throwing down of Jeroboam's altar....
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Which were now mixed together. SAMARIA; the place of his birth or
former abode, though now he were in Beth-el, 1 KINGS 13:11....
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2 Kings 23:18 said H559 (H8799) alone H3240 (H8685) one H376 move
H5128 (H8686) bones H6106 bones...
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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 23:15 ALTAR AT BETHEL. Josiah not only
destroys but also defiles (vv. 2 Kings 23:8,...
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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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1 Kings 13:1; 1 Kings 13:31...