See the marginal reference. The “doers” of the first part of the verse are the contractors, or overseers, who undertook the general superintendence; they are to be distinguished from a lower class of “doers,” the actual laborers, carpenters, and masons of the latter portion of the verse.
Which is in the house of the Lord - Rather, “who are,” etc.; i. e., the persons who were actually employed in the temple.
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...
DELIVER IT TO THE DOERS OF THE WORK. To the overseers who would have general charge of the work and who would provide the workmen and materials needed for the repairs. 7. THEY DEALT FAITHFULLY. The...
OF THE DOERS. These were the overseers. to the doers. These were the labourers....
_into the hand of the doers of the work_ R.V. OF THE WORKMEN. Two sets of people are here both called -doers of the work" (R.V. WORKMEN), first, those who have the oversight, whom we should now call p...
B. THE TEMPLE REPAIR 22:3-7 TRANSLATION (3) And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the L...
_GO UP TO HILKIAH THE HIGH PRIEST, THAT HE MAY SUM THE SILVER WHICH IS BROUGHT INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, WHICH THE KEEPERS OF THE DOOR HAVE GATHERED OF THE PEOPLE:_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES...
JOSIAH. THE FINDING OF A BOOK OF THE LAW 1. Boscath] in Judah: cp. Joshua 15:39....
THE DOERS OF THE WORK.. TO THE DOERS OF THE WORK] The first were the overseers, the second were the labourers....
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....
_וְ_†_יִתְּנֻ֗הוּ_† עַל ־יַד֙ עֹשֵׂ֣י הַ מְּלָאכָ֔ה...
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,...
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...
And let (c) them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which [is] in the house of the LORD,...
_Overseers, or undertakers. (Grotius) --- People of the great respectability were selected, so that no reckoning with them was requisite, ver. 7. (Haydock) --- They were thus encouraged to do the work...
If the Reader will read the parallel history of this pious king, as it is more largely recorded in the book of the Chronicles, 2 Chronicles 34:1. he will there find that in the eighth year of his reig...
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 LET THEM DELIVER IT INTO THE HAND OF THE DOERS OF THE WORK, THAT HAVE THE OVERSIGHT OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD,.... That were overseers of the workmen, whose names are mentioned, 2 Chronicles 34:12...
And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which [is] in the house of the LORD, to...
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 let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the Lord, the overseers and contractors in charge of the various repairs which the king contempl...
Josiah's Good Reign...
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....
1-10 The different event of Josiah's early succession from that of Manasseh, must be ascribed to the distinguishing grace of God; yet probably the persons that trained him up were instruments in prod...
THE OVERSIGHT OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, i.e. the care and oversight of the workmen; which also were Levites, 2 CHRONICLES 34:12....
2 Kings 22:5 deliver H5414 (H8799) hand H3027 doing H6213 (H8802) work H4399 overseers H6485 (H8716) house...
INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE RESTORATION OF THE TEMPLE (2 KINGS 22:3). In view of its connection with the Temple these instructions would have been entered in the royal annals (compare 2 Kings 12:4). T...
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 22:3 THE KING SENT SHAPHAN. Like Joash in 2 Kings 12:1, Josiah’s initial concern is simply to repair the temple, not to reform its worship. I
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 24:12; 2 Chronicles 24:13; 2 Chronicles 24:27; 2 Chronicles 24:7;...