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2 Chronicles 34:5
And he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, after having taken their skeletons from their graves, thereby defiling the altars of idolatry, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
And he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars, after having taken their skeletons from their graves, thereby defiling the altars of idolatry, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.
Verse 2 Chronicles 34:5. _HE BURNT THE BONES OF THE PRIESTS_] כומריא _kumeraiya_, the _kemarim_, says the _Targum_. See this word explained, 2 Kings 23:5....
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...
BURNT THE BONES. Thus fulfilling 1 Kings 13:2....
_he burnt the bones of the priests_ Specially at Beth-el; 2 Kings 23:15-16. _cleansed_ R.V. PURGED (as in 2 Chronicles 34:3; 2 Chronicles 34:8)....
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...
_AND HE BURNT THE BONES OF THE PRIESTS UPON THEIR ALTARS, AND CLEANSED JUDAH AND JERUSALEM._ He burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars - a greater brand of infamy could not have been put on...
BURNT THE BONES] This was believed to afflict the souls of the dead priests, as well as to desecrate the shrines at which they had ministered. The condition of the spirit after death depended in a lar...
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...
(3-7) Idolatry extirpated. This brief account is parallel to 2 Kings 23:4....
AND HE BURNT... UPON THEIR ALTAR. — See 2 Kings 23:13; 2 Kings 23:16; 2 Kings 23:20 for details. Literally, _and bones of priests he burnt._ They were bones taken from the graves of the idolatrous pri...
וְ עַצְמֹות֙ כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים שָׂרַ֖ף עַל־_מִזְבְּחֹותָ֑ם_† וַ
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 TOTING KING'S NOBLE LEADERSHIP 2 Chronicles 34:1 Josiah was as much better than his father Amon, as Manasseh had been worse than Hezekiah. How strange to find such a pure young soul in the heart of...
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...
And he burnt the (d) bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. (d) Read (2 Kings 23:16)....
_Priests, whom he slew upon the altars, 4 K. xxiii._...
The younger part of his reign no doubt was agreeable to his childhood, but very tender and imperfect in divine things; yet what an interesting account the Holy Ghost hath given of Josiah, in that whil...
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 HE BURNT THE BONES OF THE PRIESTS UPON THEIR ALTARS,.... On which they sacrificed, in detestation of their idolatry, and to deter from it; and this he did according to the prophecy of him, above t...
And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. Ver. 5. _And he burnt the bones._] That those altars might be defiled, discredited, and abhorred for ever....
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...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 34:5 burned H8313 (H8804) bones H6106 priests H3548 altars H4196 cleansed H2891 (H8762) Judah H30
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...
_Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign._ JOSIAH’S EARLY PIETY I. The possibility of youthful responsibility. Other children besides Josiah have been called to the cares of a kingdom. Mana...
2 CHRONICLES 34:1 Josiah. Compare 2 Kings 22:1. The Chronicler devotes two entire chapters to Josiah’s reign (640–609 B.C.). Josiah would have provided an example of faithfulness and godly lead
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 34:3 Josiah moved decisively against pagan worship as soon as he reached adulthood at age 20 (see Numbers 1:3). His reforms included both Judah and the former n
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 ...
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 f...
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 was...
1 Kings 13:2; 2 Chronicles 34:7; 2 Kings 23:16; Ezekiel 22:24;...
If Josiah demolished idolatry, then why does it say Manasseh did it earlier? PROBLEM: Here we are informed that Josiah destroyed the altars and idols, but earlier (in 2 Chronicles 33:15) Manasseh had...