Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Kings 23:27
To wit, upon the conditions in sundry places expressed, which they broke, and therefore God justly made them to know his breach of promise, as he threatens, Numbers 14:34.
To wit, upon the conditions in sundry places expressed, which they broke, and therefore God justly made them to know his breach of promise, as he threatens, Numbers 14:34.
It added to the guilt of Judah that she had had the warning of her sister Israel’s example, and had failed to profit by it....
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...
AS. according as. I HAVE CHOSEN. I once, or erewhile, chose....
_and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen_ R.V. THIS CITY WHICH I HAVE CHOSEN, EVEN JERUSALEM. This rendering preserves the order of the Hebrew. More than this cannot be said in its f...
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...
_AND THE LORD SAID, I WILL REMOVE JUDAH ALSO OUT OF MY SIGHT, AS I HAVE REMOVED ISRAEL, AND WILL CAST OFF THIS CITY JERUSALEM WHICH I HAVE CHOSEN, AND THE HOUSE OF WHICH I SAID, MY NAME SHALL BE THERE...
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.;...
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...
The historian naturally adds these remarks to prepare the way for what he has soon to relate — the final ruin of the kingdom; and probably also to suggest an explanation of what must have seemed to hi...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה גַּ֤ם אֶת ־יְהוּדָה֙ אָסִ
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,...
IN THE HANDS OF HEATHEN FOES 2 Kings 23:26 Josiah's life ended in terrible disaster. He persisted in measuring himself in battle against the king of Egypt in a quarrel which was none of his, and thus...
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...
Reader! we learn from hence these most solemn truths. The word of the Lord is unalterable. He hath proclaimed the sure wages of sin to be death. And rather than this law shall be altered, his only beg...
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...
AND THE LORD SAID, I WILL REMOVE JUDAH ALSO OUT OF MY SIGHT, AS I HAVE REMOVED ISRAEL. Not from his all seeing eye, but from being the object of his special care and protection; the meaning is, that h...
And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there....
_I will cast off this city, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there_ God promised upon conditions, in sundry places expressed, that his name should be there. These conditions they broke,...
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...
And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of My sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there,...
THE PASSOVER KEPT...
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...
25-30 Upon reading these verses, we must say, Lord, though thy righteousness be as the great mountains, evident, plainly to be seen, and past dispute; yet thy judgments are a great deep, unfathomable,...
2 Kings 23:27 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) remove H5493 (H8686) Judah H3063 sight H6440 removed H5493 ...
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 like unto him there was no king before him._ JOSIAH’S REFORMATION This and the previous chapter show us the influence of a godly sovereign. This prince at the age of twenty-six begins to repair...
_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...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 23:26. NOTWITHSTANDING THE LORD TURNED NOT—The nation’s heart was not changed by all this fervour of the king and the reformation of external worship. Jeremia...
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 Kings 8:29; 1 Kings 9:3; 2 Kings 17:18; 2 Kings 17:20; 2 Kings 18:11
I said — Upon the conditions in sundry places expressed, which they broke, and therefore God justly made them to know his breach of promise....