George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Chronicles 35:24
After the manner of kings, is not in Hebrew, &c. H. --- Curtius (iv.) informs us, that the Persian monarch had always a horse behind his chariot, to be ready in case of any accident.
After the manner of kings, is not in Hebrew, &c. H. --- Curtius (iv.) informs us, that the Persian monarch had always a horse behind his chariot, to be ready in case of any accident.
Verse 2 Chronicles 35:24. _THE SECOND CHARIOT_] Perhaps this means no more than that they took Josiah out of his own chariot and put him into another, either for _secrecy_, or because his own had bee...
The fate of Josiah was unprecedented. No king of Judah had, up to this time, fallen in battle. None had left his land at the mercy of a foreign conqueror. Hence, the extraordinary character of the mou...
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 hi...
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...
SEPULCHRES. graves. Hebrew. _keber,_ as in 2 Chronicles 34:4....
_His servants therefore took him out of_that _chariot_ R.V. SO HIS SERVANTS TOOK HIM OUT OF THE CHARIOT. _the second chariot_ War chariots were small, with (apparently) only standing room for their o...
PUT HIM IN THE SECOND CHARIOT— It was the custom of war, in former times, for great officers to have their led horses, that if one failed they might mount another. The kings of Persia, Quintus Curtius...
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...
_HIS SERVANTS THEREFORE TOOK HIM OUT OF THAT CHARIOT, AND PUT HIM IN THE SECOND CHARIOT THAT HE HAD; AND THEY BROUGHT HIM TO JERUSALEM, AND HE DIED, AND WAS BURIED IN ONE OF THE SEPULCHRES OF HIS FATH...
ALL JUDAH.. MOURNED] It is possible that this is the 'mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddo,' alluded to in Zechariah 12:11....
REIGN OF JOSIAH (CONCLUDED) This chapter contains an account of how Josiah celebrates the Passover, and how he provoked Necho the king of Egypt, and was slain at Megiddo....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 35 JOSIAH’S *PASSOVER *FEAST – 2 CHRONICLES 35:1-19 V1
THAT CHARIOT. — _The_ (war) _chariot._ PUT HIM. — _Made him ride._ BROUGHT HIM TO JERUSALEM, AND HE DIED. — 2 Kings 23:30 says: “And his servants made him ride dead (or _dying_) from Megiddo.’ Even i...
וַ יַּֽעֲבִירֻ֨הוּ עֲבָדָ֜יו מִן ־הַ מֶּרְכָּבָ֗ה...
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
A FATAL CONFLICT 2 Chronicles 35:16 The huge masses of people were admitted according to their families into the sacred courts, and the gates were closed as soon as these were filled. Thus all the fa...
This chapter gives us the story of the great Passover, in which, following in the steps of Hezekiah, after the cleansing of the land and the restoration of the people Josiah thus restored the great fe...
His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in [one of] the sepulchres of his fat...
We have here, as in all men, a shade to the character of Josiah. The sequel in Josiah's death proves that what Necho, king of Egypt, told Josiah, was well founded. Such a message therefore he ought to...
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...
AND HIS SERVANTS THEREFORE TOOK HIM OUT OF THAT CHARIOT,.... Dead, and had him to Jerusalem, and buried him; 2 Kings 23:30, AND ALL JUDAH AND JERUSALEM MOURNED FOR JOSIAH; he having been so good a k...
His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in [one of] the sepulchres of his fat...
_And put him in the second chariot_ It was the custom of war, in former times, for great officers to have led horses with them in battle, that if one failed they might mount another. And, in like mann...
1 Iosiah keepeth a most solemne Passeouer. 20 Hee prouoking Pharaoh Nechoh, is slaine at Megiddo. 25 Lamentations for Iosiah. 1 MOREOUER [NOTE: 2 Kings 23:21-22.] Iosiah kept a Passeouer vnto ye LOR...
JOSIAH SLAIN AT MEGIDDO...
His servants therefore took him out of that chariot and put him in the second chariot that he had, probably one larger and more comfortable than his war-chariot. AND THEY BROUGHT HIM TO JERUSALEM; AND...
AN EXCEPTIONAL PASSOVER (vv.1-19) So near to the end of the history of the kings of Israel it is beautiful to see a Passover being kept, of which we are told, "There had been no Passover kept in Isr...
IN ONE OF THE SEPULCHERS: Or, among the sepulchers...
20-27 The Scripture does not condemn Josiah's conduct in opposing Pharaoh. Yet Josiah seems to deserve blame for not inquiring of the Lord after he was warned; his death might be a rebuke for his ras...
No text from Poole on this verse....
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CONTENTS: The passover kept. Death of Josiah. CHARACTERS: God, Josiah, Pharaoh-Necho, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Religion cannot flourish if the passover is neglected. Christ, our passover, is sacrificed...
2 Chronicles 35:3. _Put the holy ark in the house._ Perhaps in idolatrous times the ark had been removed: and as the copy of the law written by the hand of Moses had been concealed, we need wonder the...
_His servants therefore took him out of that chariot._ THE LAMENTATION FOR JOSIAH I. The nature and quality of the lamentation. 1. Extensively. All Judah and Jerusalem. 2. Intensively. Bitter lame...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 35:20 Josiah died while confronting Pharaoh NECO II at Megiddo in 609 B.C. The Egyptian king was bringing his army north to help the Assyrians fight against Babylon....
CRITICAL NOTES.] The preparations for the Passover (2 Chronicles 35:1); the actual celebration (2 Chronicles 35:10); Josiah’s defeat by Necho (2 Chronicles 35:20)....
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 "Car...
The death of Josiah is declared in the latter part of chapter 35. And what had happened is that the king of Egypt had come into the land and was fighting up in the area of Megiddo and Josiah went up a...
2 Chronicles 34:28; 2 Kings 23:30; Ecclesiastes 8:14; Ecclesiastes 9:1;...