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Verse 2 Kings 23:11. _THE HORSES THAT THE KINGS OF JUDAH HAD GIVEN TO
THE_ _SUN._] _Jarchi_ says that those who adored the _sun_ had
_horses_ which they mounted every morning to go out to meet the su...
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A parenthesis giving the earlier reforms of Josiah.
2 Kings 23:4
THE PRIESTS OF THE SECOND ORDER - This is a new expression; and
probably refers to the ordinary priests, called here “priests of the
s...
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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...
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2 KINGS 23:3. BY THE PILLAR. COVENANT: for the word pillar see 2 Kings
11:14 and 1 Kings 7:21. In the latter passage it is used for the two
great brazen pillars set up by Solomon before the porch of t...
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KINGS OF JUDAH. Presumably Manasseh and Amon. See 2 Kings 21:3. of.
from.
BY. to.
CHAMBERLAIN. eunuch, or officer.
SUBURBS, or outskirts....
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HE TOOK AWAY THE HORSES—GIVEN TO THE SUN—AND BURNED THE CHARIOTS,
&C.— Whether these horses and chariots were real, or only carved or
molten, is not easy to determine. The ancient Persians used to
con...
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F. THE REFORMATION INTENSIFIED 23:4-23
The author deals with the reformation launched by Josiah
geographically rather than chronologically. He discusses (1) the
cleansing of the Temple (2 Kings 23:4-7...
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_AND HE TOOK AWAY THE HORSES THAT THE KINGS OF JUDAH HAD GIVEN TO THE
SUN, AT THE ENTERING IN OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, BY THE CHAMBER OF
NATHANMELECH THE CHAMBERLAIN, WHICH WAS IN THE SUBURBS, AND BU...
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23:11 by (f-24) Some read 'in.' chamberlain, (g-30) Or 'eunuch.'
suburbs, (h-35) Heb. _ parvarim_ , 'the dependencies of the temple,'
possibly the same as _ parbar_ , 1 Chronicles 26:18 ....
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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.;...
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THE HORSES] A chariot was similarly dedicated to the sun at Sippar in
Babylonia; and it is probable that it was connected in idea with the
sun's course through the sky. THE KINGS OF JUDAH] presumably...
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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...
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HE TOOK AWAY. — The same word as “put down” (2 Kings 23:5).
Here, as there, the Syriac and Arabic render, “he killed,” which
is possibly a correct gloss.
THE HORSES... THE SUN. — These horses drew “th...
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וַ יַּשְׁבֵּ֣ת אֶת ־הַ סּוּסִ֗ים
אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתְ
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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...
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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,...
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DESTROYING INDUCEMENTS TO EVIL
2 Kings 23:5
Encouraged by the prophets Zephaniah, Urijah, and perhaps Jeremiah,
Josiah set himself to the work of thorough reform, in which he
endeavored to carry his...
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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...
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And he took away the (l) horses that the kings of Judah had given to
the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber
of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which [was] in the suburbs, a...
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Nathan-melech. Septuagint, "to the treasury (room.; Pagnin) of Nathan,
the king's eunuch," or chamberlain. (Haydock) --- Pharurim, "the
suburbs." (Vatable) (Menochius) (Chaldean) --- It perhaps denote...
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When the king had finished reading the words of God's holy law, he
proceeded with an holy zeal to bear testimony to God's truth, in the
destruction of all that God's holy law had forbidden. And what a...
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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...
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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...
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AND HE TOOK AWAY THE HORSES THAT THE KINGS OF JUDAH HAD GIVEN TO THE
SUN,.... Consecrated to it; these were not images of horses, as some
have thought, but real living ones; and the kings that gave th...
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And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the
sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of
Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which [was] in the suburbs, and b...
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_And he took away_ Hebrew, וישׁבת, _va-jashbeth, he put down_,
or _made to cease; the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the
sun_ That is, had consecrated to the sun. It appears, by the testi...
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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...
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THE COVENANT RENEWED...
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And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the
sun, those kept in the Temple for the use of the cult of the sun, AT
THE ENTERING IN OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, BY THE CHAMBER OF
NA...
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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...
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CHAMBERLAIN:
Or, Eunuch, or Officer...
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4-14 What abundance of wickedness in Judah and Jerusalem! One would
not have believed it possible, that in Judah, where God was known, in
Israel, where his name was great, in Salem, in Zion, where hi...
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THE HORSES; either,
1. The carved or graven horses, to which were adjoined a graven
chariot, in which there might be the picture of the sun, which the
heathens used to represent in this manner. Or ra...
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2 Kings 23:11 removed H7673 (H8686) horses H5483 kings H4428 Judah
H3063 dedicated H5414 (H8804) sun H8121 entran
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DETAILS OF JOSIAH'S REFORMS WHICH TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT HIS REIGN OVER
MANY YEARS (2 KINGS 23:5).
What is now described would have commenced well before Josiah's
eighteenth year as the Temple was puri...
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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...
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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...
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_And Josiah took away the horses that the Kings of Judah had given to
the sun._
THE IMAGINATION IN SIN
Josiah sought to purify Israel from the idolatry that had been
established by his predecessors,...
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_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...
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THE DESTRUCTION OF IDOLATRY BY JOSIAH
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 23:1. THE KING SENT AND GATHERED ALL THE ELDERS OF JUDAH—Not
content to hide from coming ill under God’s promise of imm...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 23:1
JOSIAH'S RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT. HIS REFORMS AND DEATH. REIGN OF
JEHOAHAZ. ACCESSION OF JEHO
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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...
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2 Chronicles 14:5; 2 Chronicles 34:4; 2 Kings 23:5; Ezekiel 8:16...
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Horses — Such the eastern nations used to consecrate to the sun, to
signify the swiftness of his motion. The sun — Either, to be
sacrificed to the sun: or, to draw those chariots in which the kings,
o...