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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 22 - Introduction

* Josiah's good reign, His care for repairing the temple, The book of the law found. (1-10) Josiah consults Huldah the prophetess. (11-20)

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See also 2 Kings 22 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    2 KINGS 22:1 TO 2 KINGS 23:30_ A_. THE REIGN AND REFORMS OF JOSIAH. The fifty-seven years of the reigns of Manasseh and Amon were, according to Kings (not Chronicles), a period of apostasy, which prob...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _JOSIAH REIGNS THIRTY-ONE YEARS: HE REPAIRS THE RUINS OF THE TEMPLE. HILKIAH FINDS THE BOOK OF THE LAW. HULDAH THE PROPHETESS FORETELS THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM._ _Before Christ 623._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR THE LAST GREAT REFORMATION 2 Kings 21:1 to 2 Kings 23:27 Good King Hezekiah was followed on the throne by the most wicked king to ever rule Judah. All the religious gains effecte...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:8 [garment], (a-13) Or 'a hairy man.'...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 22 This chapter begins with the age and character of Josiah king of Judah, 2 Kings 22:1, relates his orders for repairing the temple, 2 Kings 22:3, his attention to the book o...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 3363. B.C. 641._ The general character of Josiah, 2Ki 22:1, 2 Kings 22:2. He repairs the temple, 2 Kings 22:3. The high- priest brings him the original book of the law, 2 Kings 22:8. He sends t...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Iosiah his good reigne. 3 He taketh care for the repaire of the Temple. 8 Hilkiah hauing found a booke of the Lawe, Iosiah sendeth to Huldah to enquire of the Lord. 15 Huldah prophesieth destruct...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REIGN OF JOSIAH, KING OF JUDAH C. 640/39-609 BC. Josiah came to the throne as a young child when the powers of Assyria were beginning to wane. Babylon and Media were on the ascendant, Egypt's powe...

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