George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Kings 23:24
Spirits. Literally, "the pythons," Deuteronomy xviii. 11., and Numbers xxii. 5. --- Idols. Hebrew Teraphim; Protestants, "images," Genesis xxi. 19. --- Uncleannesses. Hebrew, &c., "idols."
Spirits. Literally, "the pythons," Deuteronomy xviii. 11., and Numbers xxii. 5. --- Idols. Hebrew Teraphim; Protestants, "images," Genesis xxi. 19. --- Uncleannesses. Hebrew, &c., "idols."
Verse 2 Kings 23:24. _THE_ WORKERS WITH _FAMILIAR SPIRITS_] See on 2 Kings 21:5. _AND THE IMAGES_] The _teraphim_. Genesis 31:19....
PERFORM - Rather, establish. Josiah saw that it was necessary, not only to put down open idolatry, but also to root out the secret practices of a similar character which were sometimes combined with t...
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...
Celebration of the Passover. The mention of the eighteenth year (2 Kings 23:23; cf. 2 Kings 22:3) shows that the reforms of Josiah occupied six months. The book was discovered in the first month of th...
FAMILIAR SPIRITS. See note on Leviticus 19:31. IMAGES. teraphim. household gods. IDOLS. manufactured gods. PUT. clear. HILKIAH THE PRIEST FOUND. See 2 Kings 22:8, &c....
_Moreover the_workers with [R.V. THEM THAT HAD] _familiar spirits, and the wizards_ See note on 2 Kings 21:6. Josiah now proceeds to exterminate all the superstitious practices which grow up side by s...
G. AN APPRAISAL OF THE JOSIANIC REFORMATION 23:24-27 TRANSLATION (24) Moreover those with familiar spirits, the wizards, the teraphim, the idols, and all the abominations. which were found in the lan...
_MOREOVER THE WORKERS WITH FAMILIAR SPIRITS, AND THE WIZARDS, AND THE IMAGES, AND THE IDOLS, AND ALL THE ABOMINATIONS THAT WERE SPIED IN THE LAND OF JUDAH AND IN JERUSALEM, DID JOSIAH PUT AWAY, THAT H...
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.;...
IMAGES] RV 'teraphim,' which were probably models of the human figure representing household deities and used in divination: see Genesis 31:19; 1 Samuel 19:13; Ezekiel 21:21....
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...
MOREOVER THE WORKERS... — After abolishing public idolatry, Josiah attacked the various forms of private superstition. THE WORKERS WITH FAMILIAR SPIRITS. — _The necromancers_ (‘_ôbôth_; 1 Samuel 28:3...
וְ גַ֣ם אֶת ־הָ אֹבֹ֣ות וְ אֶת...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
When we consider the youth of this good king, it serves to teach young persons of all ranks, how grateful in the Lord's sight is early piety....
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...
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...
MOREOVER, THE WORKERS WITH FAMILIAR SPIRITS, AND THE WIZARDS,.... Who were not to be allowed among the Israelites, Deuteronomy 18:10 AND THE IMAGES; OR TERAPHIM: AND THE IDOLS, AND ALL THE ABOMINATIO...
Moreover the [workers with] familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that...
_Workers with familiar spirits, and wizards_ Of which see notes on Deuteronomy 18:10; Leviticus 19:31; and Leviticus 20:27. _And the images_ Hebrew, _the teraphim_, images which were very ancient amon...
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...
THE PASSOVER KEPT...
Moreover, the workers with familiar spirits, the necromancers, AND THE WIZARDS, AND THE IMAGES, the household gods, to whom magical power was imputed, AND THE IDOLS, small gods, which also were used c...
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...
IMAGES: Or, teraphim...
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....
THE WIZARDS; of which see on LEVITICUS 19:31, LEVITICUS 20:27 NUMBERS 22:5 DEUTERONOMY 18:11. The images, and the idols
2 Kings 23:24 Josiah H2977 away H1197 (H8765) mediums H178 spiritists H3049 gods H8655 idols H1544 abominations H8251
JOSIAH'S OBEDIENCE TO THE LAW WOULD PROVE TO BE INSUFFICIENT TO PREVENT THE FINAL CATASTROPHE FOR JUDAH BECAUSE JERUSALEM'S SIN HAD BEEN TOO GREAT AND WAS STILL TOO DEEPLY IMBEDDED IN THE PEOPLE (2 KI...
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...
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...
_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...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 23:24 MEDIUMS and NECROMANCERS try to get information by inquiring of the dead. The HOUSEHOLD GODS were images of deities that were either life-size ...
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...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 23:1 JOSIAH'S RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT. HIS REFORMS AND DEATH. REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ. ACCESSION OF JEHO
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...
1 Samuel 28:3; 2 Chronicles 34:14; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Kings 21:6;...
Images, &c. — Three words noting the same thing, to shew, That all the instruments and monuments of idolatry were destroyed, as God had commanded. Spied — All that were discovered; not only such as we...