What does 2 Chronicles 34:32 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he caused all that were presenti in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers."
Verse 2 Chronicles 34:32. _TO STAND TO IT._] It is likely that he caused them all to arise when he read the terms of the covenant, and thus testify their approbation of the covenant itself, and their...
AND BENJAMIN - It is scarcely possible that the text here can be sound. “Benjamin” is never put in contrast with “Jerusalem,” but always with Judah. The reading may be corrected from the parallel pass...
8. REFORMATION UNDER JOSIAH CHAPTER 34 The Reign of Josiah and the Reformation _ 1. The record of his reign (2 Chronicles 34:1)_ 2. The beginning of the reformation (2 Chronicles 34:3) 3. The hous...
2 Chronicles 34:1 to 2 Chronicles 35:27. THE REIGN OF JOSIAH. See notes on 2 Kings 22, 2 Kings 23:1, which form the basis of the Chronicler's account; but he has made many alterations in accordance wi...
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_he caused all that were_ FOUND … _to stand_to it] In 2 Kin., "all the people stood to the covenant....
LESSON TWENTY-FOUR 34-36 JOSIAH'S REFORMATION THE LAST DAYS OF THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY. THE DECREE OF CYRUS 17. THE REIGN OF JOSIAH (Chapter 34-35) INTRODUCTION Josiah and Hilkiah...
REIGN OF JOSIAH The chapter narrates how Josiah suppressed idolatry and repaired the Temple; how a book of the Law, found in the Temple, was read to the king and the people; and how the nation's cove...
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 34 JOSIAH *TURNS TO GOD AND HE REPAIRS THE *TEMPLE – 2 CHRONICLES 34:1-1...
(29-33) The king reads the Book to the assembly, and renews the covenant. (Comp. 2 Kings 23:1)...
וַ יַּעֲמֵ֕ד אֵ֛ת כָּל ־הַ נִּמְצָ֥א בִ ירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וּ בִנְיָמִ֑ן וַֽ יַּעֲשׂוּ֙ יֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם...
THE LAST KINGS OF JUDAH 2 Chronicles 34:1; 2 Chronicles 35:1; 2 Chronicles 36:1 WHATEVER influence Manasseh's reformation exercised over his people generally, the taint of idolatry was not removed f...
RENEWING THE COVENANT 2 Chronicles 34:22 The tender heart is a humble one, 2 Chronicles 34:27. To admit that God is right and we are wrong, and to take home his rebuke, is an admirable position. The...
The story of Josiah's reign is full of brightness. The conditions around were very terrible, but in this boy king, especially as he developed to manhood, testimony to the government of God was unmista...
The relation here given so much corresponds to what was before related, 2Kings, that I think it necessary only to direct the Reader to look back, and consult what was there said, in our humble comment...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 THROUGH 36. Manasseh, his son, who gave himself up to iniquity in spite of the warnings of the prophets, brought desolation and ruin upon himself and after...
2 Chronicles 34:29....
_He caused all present to stand to it_ He caused them to engage by an oath or covenant, that they would observe the laws of God, as his predecessors had formerly done, and which indeed they were befor...
1 Iosiah his good reigne. 3 He destroyeth Idolatry. 8 Hee taketh order for the repaire [IOSIAHS ZEALE.] of the Temple. 14 Hilkiah hauing found a booke of the Law, Iosiah sendeth to Huldah to inqu...
THE FINDING OF THE BOOK OF THE LAW AND ITS EFFECTS...
JOSIAH BEGINS HIS GOOD REIGN (vv.1-7) Josiah was only eight years old when put on the throne (v.1). His father at this time (when he died) was 24 years old, so that he must have been only 16 when Jo...
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TO STAND TO IT; to own or maintain it, or persist in it, as this phrase is used, DEUTERONOMY 25:1. He caused them to engage themselves by an oath or covenant, that they would observe and obey the laws...
2 Chronicles 34:32 present H4672 (H8737) Jerusalem H3389 Benjamin H1144 stand H5975 (H8686) inhabitants H3427 (H8802) Jerusalem H3389 did H6213 (H8799) covenant H1285 God H430 God H430 fathers H1 cau...
2 Chronicles 34:14. _And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. And Hilkiah answered and sa...
CONTENTS: Reign of Josiah. Book of the law found and read. CHARACTERS: God, Josiah, Hilkiah, Shaphan, Huldah, Maaseiah, Joah, Ahikam, Abdon, Asaiah. CONCLUSION: When man finds the Word, the Word fin...
2 Chronicles 34:5. _He burnt the bones of the priests,_ and so, perhaps without intending it, he fulfilled the prophecy of the man of God that came to Bethel. 1 Kings 13:2. REFLECTIONS. As the nippi...
_And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord._ RESTORING GOD’S HOUSE I. Spiritual desolation. 1. The negligent priesthood (2 Chronicles 34:5). 2. The dilapidate...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 34:32 Josiah imposes on the people a pledge of obedience to the Mosaic covenant, which they maintain in ALL THE TERRITORY... OF ISRAEL (both north and south). But the...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This and next chapter give history of Josiah, and parallel with 2 Kings 22 and 2 Kings 23:1. Josiah’s good beginning (2 Chronicles 34:1); cleanses temple (2 Chronicles 34:8); finds a...
EXPOSITION This chapter, with the following, embraces the entire of the beneficent reign of Josiah, son of Amon—the son an illustrious contrast to the father. The parallel (2 Kings 22-23:30) is less...
Josiah was only eight years old when he began to reign, he reigned in Jerusalem for thirty-one years (2 Chronicles 34:1). Josiah instituted reformations. In the eighth year of his reign, while he wa...
2 Chronicles 14:4; 2 Chronicles 29:29; 2 Chronicles 30:12; 2 Chronicles 33:16; Ecclesiastes 8:2; Genesis 18:19; Jeremiah 3:10...
To stand to it — He caused them to engage by an oath or covenant, that they would observe the laws of God, as his predecessors had formerly done, and which indeed they were before obliged to do....