Wesley's Explanatory Notes
2 Chronicles 35:21
The house — Against the house of the king of Assyria, between whom and me there is war. It is at thy peril, if thou engage against one who has both a better army, and a better cause and God on his side.
The house — Against the house of the king of Assyria, between whom and me there is war. It is at thy peril, if thou engage against one who has both a better army, and a better cause and God on his side.
Verse 2 Chronicles 35:21. _GOD COMMANDED ME TO MAKE HASTE_] The _Targum_ gives a curious turn to this and the following verse: "My idol commanded me to make haste; refrain therefore from me and my id...
THE HOUSE WHEREWITH I HAVE WAR - Necho viewed Babylon as the successor and representative of Assyria - the hereditary enemy of Egypt - and he means that he is merely continuing an old hostility with w...
CHAPTER 35 THE KEEPING OF THE PASSOVER AND JOSIAH'S DEATH _ 1. The Passover kept (2 Chronicles 35:1)_ 2. The death of Josiah (2 Chronicles 35:20) In the eighteenth year of his reign, Josiah, like hi...
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...
HE. Pharaoh-necho....
_against the house wherewith I have war_ In 1Es 1:27 there is a different reading "My war is upon Euphrates." _commanded_ R.V. HATH COMMANDED....
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...
_BUT HE SENT AMBASSADORS TO HIM, SAYING, WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE, THOU KING OF JUDAH? I COME NOT AGAINST THEE THIS DAY, BUT AGAINST THE HOUSE WHEREWITH I HAVE WAR: FOR GOD COMMANDED ME TO MAKE HAS...
35:21 war; (a-34) Lit. 'the house of my war.'...
HE SENT AMBASSADORS, etc.] Necho's remonstrance to Josiah against interfering in the war between himself and the Babylonians, the conquerors of Assyria, is not recorded in 2 K....
REIGN OF JOSIAH (CONCLUDED) This chapter contains an account of how Josiah celebrates the Passover, and how he provoked Necho the king of Egypt, and was slain at Megiddo....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 35 JOSIAH’S *PASSOVER *FEAST – 2 CHRONICLES 35:1-19 V1
BUT... AMBASSADORS. — _And_... _messengers._ WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE? — Literally, _what to me and to thee?_ Τί ἐμοὶ καὶ σοί_;_ (LXX.; and Mark 5:7; Luke 8:28). I COME NOT AGAINST THEE. — So the...
וַ יִּשְׁלַ֣ח אֵלָ֣יו מַלְאָכִ֣ים ׀ לֵ אמֹר֩...
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 FATAL CONFLICT 2 Chronicles 35:16 The huge masses of people were admitted according to their families into the sacred courts, and the gates were closed as soon as these were filled. Thus all the fa...
This chapter gives us the story of the great Passover, in which, following in the steps of Hezekiah, after the cleansing of the land and the restoration of the people Josiah thus restored the great fe...
With me. Grotius thinks that Jeremias had given the order; and the author of Hebrew Traditions, supposes that he forbade Josias to oppose Pharao, who, it seems, was assured of victory. C. --- But this...
We have here, as in all men, a shade to the character of Josiah. The sequel in Josiah's death proves that what Necho, king of Egypt, told Josiah, was well founded. Such a message therefore he ought to...
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...
BUT HE SENT AMBASSADORS TO HIM,.... That is, Necho sent to Josiah: SAYING, WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE, THOU KING OF JUDAH? signifying he had no quarrel with him, he did not come to fight with him, a...
_I come not against thee, but against the house wherewith I have war_ Against the house of the king of Assyria, between whom and me there is war. _For God commanded me to make haste_ Therefore, give m...
1 Iosiah keepeth a most solemne Passeouer. 20 Hee prouoking Pharaoh Nechoh, is slaine at Megiddo. 25 Lamentations for Iosiah. 1 MOREOUER [NOTE: 2 Kings 23:21-22.] Iosiah kept a Passeouer vnto ye LOR...
But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? Pharaoh-Necho urged Josiah not to meddle in this affair, since he had no quarrel with him. I COME NOT AGAINST T...
JOSIAH SLAIN AT MEGIDDO...
AN EXCEPTIONAL PASSOVER (vv.1-19) So near to the end of the history of the kings of Israel it is beautiful to see a Passover being kept, of which we are told, "There had been no Passover kept in Isr...
THE HOUSE, WHEREWITH I HAVE WAR: _ Heb._ the house of my war...
20-27 The Scripture does not condemn Josiah's conduct in opposing Pharaoh. Yet Josiah seems to deserve blame for not inquiring of the Lord after he was warned; his death might be a rebuke for his ras...
AGAINST THE HOUSE WHEREWITH I HAVE WAR, Heb. _against the house or family of my war_, i.e. against the house of the king of Assyria, between whom and me there is war. GOD COMMANDED ME; either his fals...
2 Chronicles 35:21 sent H7971 (H8799) messengers H4397 saying H559 (H8800) king H4428 Judah H3063 day...
CONTENTS: The passover kept. Death of Josiah. CHARACTERS: God, Josiah, Pharaoh-Necho, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Religion cannot flourish if the passover is neglected. Christ, our passover, is sacrificed...
2 Chronicles 35:3. _Put the holy ark in the house._ Perhaps in idolatrous times the ark had been removed: and as the copy of the law written by the hand of Moses had been concealed, we need wonder the...
_For God commanded me to make haste._ SPIRITUAL HASTE Haste is not hurry. Hurry implies confusion and disorder. It is not the same with speed. I. What it refers to. We should not err were we to app...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 35:20 Josiah died while confronting Pharaoh NECO II at Megiddo in 609 B.C. The Egyptian king was bringing his army north to help the Assyrians fight against Babylon....
CRITICAL NOTES.] The preparations for the Passover (2 Chronicles 35:1); the actual celebration (2 Chronicles 35:10); Josiah’s defeat by Necho (2 Chronicles 35:20)....
EXPOSITION This chapter of twenty-seven Verses, occupied with the account of Josiah's great Passover (2 Chronicles 35:1), and his death in the battle of Megiddo, waged by Necho King of Egypt with "Car...
The death of Josiah is declared in the latter part of chapter 35. And what had happened is that the king of Egypt had come into the land and was fighting up in the area of Megiddo and Josiah went up a...
2 Chronicles 25:19; 2 Kings 18:25; 2 Samuel 16:10; Isaiah 36:10;...