All his days they departed not - This must be understood in the letter rather than in the spirit. There was no open idolatry in the reign of Josiah, but the reformation was seeming rather than real, superficial rather than searching and complete (compare the marginal reference).
8. REFORMATION UNDER JOSIAH CHAPTER 34 The Reign of Josiah and the Reformation _ 1. The record of his reign (2 Chronicles 34:1)_ 2. The beginning of the reformation (2 Chronicles 34:3) 3. The hous...
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...
TOOK AWAY. Compare 1Ki 23:4-8. CHILDREN. sons. SERVE, EVEN TO SERVE. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ ALL HIS DAYS. Significant words, showing that in their hearts the people were still inclined to wor...
_And Josiah took away_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 34:3-7. _made all that were_ FOUND … _to serve_ i.e. made the remnant of the Northern tribes his subjects. even _to serve_ Render, THAT THEY MIGHT SERVE. _al...
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...
REIGN OF JOSIAH The chapter narrates how Josiah suppressed idolatry and repaired the Temple; how a book of the Law, found in the Temple, was read to the king and the people; and how the nation's cove...
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 34 JOSIAH *TURNS TO GOD AND HE REPAIRS THE *TEMPLE – 2 CHRONICLES 34:1-1...
(29-33) The king reads the Book to the assembly, and renews the covenant. (Comp. 2 Kings 23:1)...
AND JOSIAH TOOK AWAY ALL THE ABOMINATIONS. — Of idolatry. OUT OF ALL THE COUNTRIES... ISRAEL. — Out of the territories of the Ten Tribes. The statement glances back to 2 Chronicles 34:6, and summaris...
וַ יָּ֨סַר יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֜הוּ אֶת ־כָּל ־הַ תֹּוע
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
RENEWING THE COVENANT 2 Chronicles 34:22 The tender heart is a humble one, 2 Chronicles 34:27. To admit that God is right and we are wrong, and to take home his rebuke, is an admirable position. The...
The story of Josiah's reign is full of brightness. The conditions around were very terrible, but in this boy king, especially as he developed to manhood, testimony to the government of God was unmista...
And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that [pertained] to the children of Israel, and made all (t) that were present in Israel to serve, [even] to serve the LORD their God...
_In Israel, who had fled into his dominions. See v. 6. C. --- They. Sept. "he," &c. Josias worshipped God with all his heart: but all Israel paid him, at least, an external adoration. H._...
The relation here given so much corresponds to what was before related, 2Kings, that I think it necessary only to direct the Reader to look back, and consult what was there said, in our humble comment...
REFLECTIONS READER! let our improvement of this chapter, under the Spirit's teaching, be to remark from the early call of Josiah to the knowledge of the Lord God of his fathers, the blessedness of tho...
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...
AND JOSIAH TOOK AWAY ALL THE ABOMINATIONS OUT OF ALL THE COUNTRIES THAT [PERTAINED] TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... All their idols, as related in 2 Kings 23:4, c. AND MADE ALL THAT WERE PRESENT IN IS...
And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that [pertained] to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, [even] to serve the LORD their God. [A...
_He caused all present to stand to it_ He caused them to engage by an oath or covenant, that they would observe the laws of God, as his predecessors had formerly done, and which indeed they were befor...
1 Iosiah his good reigne. 3 He destroyeth Idolatry. 8 Hee taketh order for the repaire [IOSIAHS ZEALE.] of the Temple. 14 Hilkiah hauing found a booke of the Law, Iosiah sendeth to Huldah to inqu...
And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, removing all evidences of idolatry as far as his authority extended, AND MADE ALL THAT WERE...
THE FINDING OF THE BOOK OF THE LAW AND ITS EFFECTS...
JOSIAH BEGINS HIS GOOD REIGN (vv.1-7) Josiah was only eight years old when put on the throne (v.1). His father at this time (when he died) was 24 years old, so that he must have been only 16 when Jo...
FROM FOLLOWING: _ Heb._ from after...
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2 Chronicles 34:33 Josiah H2977 removed H5493 (H8686) abominations H8441 country H776 children H1121 Israel H3478 present...
2 Chronicles 34:14. _And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. And Hilkiah answered and sa...
CONTENTS: Reign of Josiah. Book of the law found and read. CHARACTERS: God, Josiah, Hilkiah, Shaphan, Huldah, Maaseiah, Joah, Ahikam, Abdon, Asaiah. CONCLUSION: When man finds the Word, the Word fin...
2 Chronicles 34:5. _He burnt the bones of the priests,_ and so, perhaps without intending it, he fulfilled the prophecy of the man of God that came to Bethel. 1 Kings 13:2. REFLECTIONS. As the nippi...
_And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord._ RESTORING GOD’S HOUSE I. Spiritual desolation. 1. The negligent priesthood (2 Chronicles 34:5). 2. The dilapidate...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 34:32 Josiah imposes on the people a pledge of obedience to the Mosaic covenant, which they maintain in ALL THE TERRITORY... OF ISRAEL (both north and south). But the...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This and next chapter give history of Josiah, and parallel with 2 Kings 22 and 2 Kings 23:1. Josiah’s good beginning (2 Chronicles 34:1); cleanses temple ...
EXPOSITION This chapter, with the following, embraces the entire of the beneficent reign of Josiah, son of Amon—the son an illustrious contrast to the father. The parallel (2 Kings 22-23:30) is less f...
Josiah was only eight years old when he began to reign, he reigned in Jerusalem for thirty-one years (2 Chronicles 34:1). Josiah instituted reformations. In the eighth year of his reign, while he was...
1 Kings 11:5; 2 Chronicles 34:3; 2 Kings 23:4; Hosea 6:4; Jeremi
Even to serve — The repetition shews, that this was the only thing his heart was set upon. He aimed at nothing in all he did, but to engage them to God and their duty....