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Josiah lived for 13 years after the celebration of his great Passover.
Of this period we know absolutely nothing, except that in the course
of it he seems to have submitted himself to Nabopolassar; wh...
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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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Celebration of the Passover. The mention of the eighteenth year (2
Kings 23:23; cf. 2 Kings 22:3) shows that the reforms of Josiah
occupied six months. The book was discovered in the first month of th...
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ARE THEY NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6....
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I. THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF JOSIAH 23:28-30
TRANSLATION
(28) Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all which he did, are
they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
(29) In...
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_AND THE LORD SAID, I WILL REMOVE JUDAH ALSO OUT OF MY SIGHT, AS I
HAVE REMOVED ISRAEL, AND WILL CAST OFF THIS CITY JERUSALEM WHICH I
HAVE CHOSEN, AND THE HOUSE OF WHICH I SAID, MY NAME SHALL BE THERE...
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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 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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(28-30) Josiah’s end. The historical abstract broken off at 2 Kings
22:2 is now continued. (Comp. the more detailed account in 2
Chronicles 35:20 _seq_.)...
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וְ יֶ֛תֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ וְ
כָל ־אֲש
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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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IN THE HANDS OF HEATHEN FOES
2 Kings 23:26
Josiah's life ended in terrible disaster. He persisted in measuring
himself in battle against the king of Egypt in a quarrel which was
none of his, and thus...
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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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No character among the sons of men is free from imperfection. The best
pictures have their shade. Of none but he who is the brightness of his
Father's glory, and fairer than the children of men, could...
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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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NOW THE REST OF THE ACTS OF JOSIAH, AND ALL THAT HE DID,.... For
abolishing idolatry, and restoring the true worship of God:
ARE THEY NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES OF THE KINGS OF
JUDAH?...
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Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, [are] they
not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
Ver. 28. _Now the rest of the acts, &c._] See 1 Kings 15:23 ....
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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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Now, the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not
written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? Cf 2
Chronicles 35....
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THE PASSOVER KEPT...
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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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25-30 Upon reading these verses, we must say, Lord, though thy
righteousness be as the great mountains, evident, plainly to be seen,
and past dispute; yet thy judgments are a great deep, unfathomable,...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Kings 23:28 rest H3499 acts H1697 Josiah H2977 did H6213 (H8804)
written H3789 (H8803) book H5612 chronicles...
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THE CLOSURE OF JOSIAH'S REIGN (2 KINGS 23:28).
Josiah's glorious reign came to a sorry end when he made a fatal
miscalculation without consulting YHWH. Assyria were by this time in
dire straits after...
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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 like unto him there was no king before him._
JOSIAH’S REFORMATION
This and the previous chapter show us the influence of a godly
sovereign. This prince at the age of twenty-six begins to repair...
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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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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
2 Kings 23:26. NOTWITHSTANDING THE LORD TURNED NOT—The nation’s
heart was not changed by all this fervour of the king and the
reformation of external worship. Jeremia...
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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 Kings 20:20...