Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God.

Ver. 8. Now in the eighteenth year.] See on 2 Kings 22:3 .

To repair the house of the Lord.] This had been done before by Joash, 2Ki 12:5 but that was two hundred and thirty-four years since: so that now there was need of new reparations. Tempus edax rerum.

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