He rent his clothes.
This act indicated grief, horror and repentance. The king now heard for the first time the solemn denunciations of the sins of Israel found in Deut. chap. 28. He was alarmed at the terrible penalties which were denounced against the sins of which the people had been guilty. For other cases of rending garments see Genesis 37:29, the case of Reuben; Job 1:20 and 1 Kings 21:27.
HE RENT HIS CLOTHES - Partly grief and horror, like Reuben Genesis 37:29 and Job Job 1:20, partly in repentance, like Ahab 1 Kings 21:27....
V. THE REIGN OF JOSIAH 1. The Revival CHAPTER 22 _ 1. Josiah begins to reign (2 Kings 22:1; 2 Chronicles 34:1)_ 2. The temple repaired (2 Kings 22:3;...
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...
HE RENT HIS CLOTHES. Not necessarily on account of his surprise, but on account of the solemnity of the words....
C. A LOST BOOK RECOVERED 22:8-13 TRANSLATION (8) And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, The book of the law I have found in the house of the LORD! And Hilkiah gave the book unto Sh...
_AND SHAPHAN THE SCRIBE CAME TO THE KING, AND BROUGHT THE KING WORD AGAIN, AND SAID, THY SERVANTS HAVE GATHERED THE MONEY THAT WAS FOUND IN THE HOUSE, AND HAVE DELIVERED IT INTO THE HAND OF THEM THAT...
JOSIAH. THE FINDING OF A BOOK OF THE LAW 1. Boscath] in Judah: cp. Joshua 15:39....
THE LAST KINGS OF *ISRAEL AND *JUDAH BOOK OF 2 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 22 JOSIAH’S RULE AS KING OF *JUDAH V1 Josiah was 8 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 31 years....
וַֽ יְהִי֙ כִּ שְׁמֹ֣עַ הַ מֶּ֔לֶךְ אֶת
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,...
JOSIAH'S REFORMATION 2 Kings 22:8; 2 Kings 23:1 "And the works of Josias were upright before his Lord with a heart full of godliness." - #/RAPC 1Es 1:23 "From Zion shall go forth the Law, and the...
FINDING THE LOST LAW 2 Kings 22:1 In the midst of a dissolute court, Josiah's young life grew as a palm on the desert-waste. At the age of sixteen he sought the Lord, and at eighteen he became even m...
With Josiah's accession came the last attempt at reformation before Judah was finally swept into captivity. Josiah's first act of reformation was to restore the Temple. All that followed grew out of t...
_Garments, through zeal for God's honour, and fear of his indignation. (Menochius)_...
What an interesting account this is! What a wonderful effect must have been wrought upon the minds of all the people, in the discovery of this inestimable treasure? How lovely a representation is give...
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...
_A MEMORABLE YEAR_ ‘The eighteenth year of king Josiah.’ 2 Kings 22:3 Josiah mounted the throne when he was eight years old. He was the son of Amon and the grandson of Manasseh, both of them evil r...
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 IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN THE KING HAD HEARD THE WORDS OF THE BOOK OF THE LAW,.... From whence it appears that he had never wrote out a copy of it, as the kings of Israel were ordered to do, when they...
_And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes._ Ver. 11. _When the king had heard the words._] Which the wicked account to be but wind, Jer...
_And Shaphan read it before the king_ That is, some part of it, for it cannot be supposed that he read all of it, especially at one time. _When the king heard the words of the book_ The dreadful commi...
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...
And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the Book of the Law, the original, as usual, making a much deeper impression upon the hearer than the copies which were often neglected, THAT...
THE BOOK OF THE LAW READ BEFORE THE KING, AND THE RESULTS...
JOSIAH'S GOOD REIGN (22:1 - 23:30) From Josiah's beginning to reign at eight years of age, his reign was faithful and godly, for he walked in the ways of David, the first of Israel's godly kings (v....
11-20 The book of the law is read before the king. Those best honour their Bibles, who study them; daily feed on that bread, and walk by that light. Convictions of sin and wrath should put us upon th...
THE WORDS OF THE BOOK OF THE LAW, i. e. the dreadful comminations against them for the sins still reigning among the people. QUEST. Did Josiah never see and read a copy of this book before this time?...
2 Kings 22:11 king H4428 heard H8085 (H8800) words H1697 Book H5612 Law H8451 tore H7167 (H8799) clothes...
THE DISCOVERY OF THE BOOK OF THE LAW AND ITS IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES (2 KINGS 22:8). We have already indicated above our view that this Book of the Law was found within the foundation walls themselves,...
CONTENTS: Reign of Josiah. Repairing temple and finding of the book of the law. CHARACTERS: God, Josiah, Hilkiah, Shaphan, Huldah, Ahikam, Achbor, Asahiah. CONCLUSION: An unread Bible is a lost Bibl...
2 Kings 22:8. _I have found the book of the law._ This was “the book of the law of the Lord by Moses,” 2 Chronicles 34:14; that is, in Moses's own handwriting. Lyranus, a rabbi, says, that Ahaz had bu...
_Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign._ A MONARCH OF RARE VIRTUE, AND A GOD OF RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE I. A monarch of rare virtue. Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign.” In th...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 22:1 Josiah. Josiah is a long-awaited good king (see 1 Kings 13:2). He does many significant deeds, but it comes too late to change Judah’s fate.
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 22:11 Brought up in a royal court that had disobeyed God for 57 years, Josiah did not know the Lord’s demands. As soon as he became aware, HE TORE HIS CLOTHES in grief and desp...
THE LAST EFFORT OF REFORMATION UNDER JOSIAH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 22:2. HE DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT—In his minority Josiah was. guarded and directed by godly teachers and counselor...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 22:1 ACCESSION OF JOSIAH. REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. RECOVERY OF THE BOOK OF THE LAW....
And Josiah was only eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD (2 Kings 22:1-2). Now at this poi...
2 Chronicles 34:19; 2 Kings 22:19; Jeremiah 36:24; Joel 2:13; Jonah
The words — The dreadful comminations against them for the sins still reigning among the people. If Josiah had seen and read it before, which seems more probable, yet the great reverence which he just...