2 Chronicles 35:8

_AND HIS PRINCES GAVE WILLINGLY UNTO THE PEOPLE, TO THE PRIESTS, AND TO THE LEVITES: HILKIAH AND ZECHARIAH AND JEHIEL, RULERS OF THE HOUSE OF GOD, GAVE UNTO THE PRIESTS FOR THE PASSOVER OFFERINGS TWO THOUSAND AND_ _ SIX HUNDRED SMALL CATTLE, AND THREE HUNDRED OXEN._ His princes. They gave to the priests and Levites; as those of Hezekiah's princes (2 Chronicles 30:24). They were ecclesiastical princes-namely, Hilkiah the high priest (2 Chronicles 34:9), Zechariah, probably the second priest of the Eleazar (2 Kings 16:18), and Jehiel, of the Ithamar line. And since the Levitical tribes were not yet sufficiently provided ...

1-19 The destruction Josiah made of idolatry, was more largely related in the book of Kings. His solemnizing the passover is related here. The Lord's supper resembles the passover more than any other of the Jewish festivals; and the due observance of that ordinance, is a proof of growing piety and devotion. God alone can truly make our hearts holy, and prepare them for his holy services; but there are duties belonging to us, in doing which we obtain this blessing from the Lord....

See the marginal references and note. 2 Chronicles 35:8 HIS PRINCES - i. e. his ecclesiastical princes, the chief men of the priests and Levites. For the poor families of their own order the leading priests furnished both Passover-cattle and cattle for thank-offerings. The chief Levites acted similarly toward the poor Levitical families....

EXPOSITION This chapter of twenty-seven Verses, occupied with the account of Josiah's great Passover (2 Chronicles 35:1), and his death in the battle of Megiddo, waged by Necho King of Egypt with "Carchemish by Euphrates" (2 Chronicles 35:20-14), is paralleled by the ten verses of 2 Kings 23:21-12. 2 CHRONICLES 35:1 THEY KILLED THE PASSOVER ON THE FOURTEENTH … OF THE FIRST MONTH;_ i.e. _on the day appointed originally (Exodus 12:6

AND HIS PRINCES GAVE WILLINGLY TO THE PEOPLE, TO THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES,.... Besides, to some other families, they gave also to poor priests and Levites, which the king's bounty did not extend to; and these princes were not secular, but ecclesiastical princes, as follows: HILKIAH, AND ZECHARIAH, AND JEHIEL, RULERS OF THE HOUSE; of the temple; Hilkiah was high priest, and the other two were chief priests, the one of the line of Eleazar, and the other of the line of Ithamar: THESE GAVE UNTO THE PRIESTS FOR THE PASSOVER LAMBS; 2600 small cattle; which were lambs, or kids, or both: AND THREE HUNDRED OXEN; for peace offerings on the seven days of unleavened bread, to feast upon....

CHAPTER 35 THE KEEPING OF THE PASSOVER AND JOSIAH'S DEATH _ 1. The Passover kept (2 Chronicles 35:1)_ 2. The death of Josiah (2 Chronicles 35:20) In the eighteenth year of his reign, Josiah, like his great-grandfather Hezekiah, kept the Passover. No doubt the reading of the law had made this feast once more an urgent necessity. Moreover they had made a solemn covenant “to walk after the LORD, to keep His commandments, His testimonies and His statutes, and to perform the words of the covenant written in the book.” Therefore in the appointed time, on the fourteenth day of the first month, they kept the memorial feast, the last before the house of Judah was carried into captivity. (Hezekiah's Passover was kept in the second month. See...

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 with his general tendencies. One important difference between the two accounts is that, according to the Chronicler, Josiah's Reformation takes place before the finding of the book of the Law, an obviously illogical sequence; but the Chronicler desires to emphasize Josiah's piety even in his tender years. The description of the celebration of the Passover (2 Chronicles 35:1) is far fuller than that given in...

HILKIAH. The high priest (2 Chronicles 34:9). GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true] God. App-4....

_willingly_ The A.V. is better here than the R.V. ("for a free will offering"). _rulers of the house of God_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 9:11, note....

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 led Judah in a wonderful revival of faith in God. The passover was a time of great rejoicing. Josiah's untimely death shortened Judah's time as a kingdom. Babylon came. Jerusalem was ruined. Captivity followed. At the end of the captivity Cyrus released the Jews for their return to Jerusalem. TEXT 2 Chronicles 34:1. Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. 2. And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. 3. For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began