Dead - It appears from a comparison of this passage with 2 Chronicles (marginal reference) that Josiah was not actually killed in the battle.
Jehoahaz - Or Shallum (the marginal note). He may have taken the name of Jehoahaz (“the Lord possesses”) on his accession. He was not the eldest son of Josiah (see 2 Kings 23:36 note). The mention of “anointing” here favors the view that there was some irregularity in the succession (see 1 Kings 1:34 note).
Verse 30. _DEAD FROM MEGIDDO_] The word מת _meth_ should here be considered as a participle, _dying_, for it is certain he was not _dead_: he was _mortally wounded_ at Megiddo, was carried in a _dying...
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...
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...
BURIED HIM. For the sorrow attending this, see 2 Chronicles 35:25....
_carried him_in a chariot] The italics are wrong as also in 2 Kings 9:28. The verb signifies -to carry in a chariot". The R.V. prints in common type. According to the Chronicler, they moved him from h...
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...
23:30 dead (b-9) Or perhaps 'dying.' see 2 Chronicles 35:24 ....
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.;...
JEHOAHAZ] also called Shallum (Jeremiah 22:11; 1 Chronicles 3:15). He was the younger brother of Jehoiakim who succeeded him (2 Kings 23:36)....
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...
(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_.)...
AND HIS SERVANTS CARRIED HIM... — See Notes 2 Chronicles 35:24. THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND. — Thenius says they were the soldiery who had fled to Jerusalem; but this is doubtful. TOOK JEHOAHAZ. — He was...
וַ יַּרְכִּבֻ֨הוּ עֲבָדָ֥יו מֵת֙ מִ מְּגִדֹּ֔ו...
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,...
THE DEATH OF JOSIAH B.C. 608. 2 Kings 23:29 "Howl, O fir tree; for the cedar is fallen." - Zechariah 11:2 JOSIAH survived by thirteen years the reformation and covenant which are the chief events...
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...
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...
Sepulchre. Paralipomenon xxxv., in the monument (or mausoleum) of his fathers. Such was the end of Josias: he fell gloriously in defence of his country, as he had spent his life in promoting religion....
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...
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...
_THE DEATH OF JOSIAH_ ‘His servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo.’ 2 Kings 23:30 If you would see the greatness of Josiah, you must look at the history of his life, not at the account...
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 HIS SERVANTS CARRIED HIM IN A CHARIOT DEAD FROM MEGIDDO,.... They took him out of the chariot in which he was wounded, and put him into another, where he died of his wounds by the way; being morta...
And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed...
_His servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo_ That is, mortally wounded, as in the former verse; and, as we commonly say of a sick man, past hopes of recovery, that he is a dead man. Inste...
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...
And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulcher. Thus the attempt of Josiah to avert misfortune from his country met with...
THE PASSOVER KEPT...
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...
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,...
DEAD, i.e. mortally wounded, as in the former verse; and as we commonly say of a sick man past hopes of recovery, that he is a dead man: compare GENESIS 20:3. JEHOAHAZ THE SON OF JOSIAH, who was young...
2 Kings 23:30 servants H5650 moved H7392 body H4191 (H8801) chariot H7392 (H8686) Megiddo H4023 brought H935 ...
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...
2 Kings 23:29 I. The striking feature of this story is the picture it gives us of the quiet manner in which God's servants are sometimes allowed to pass away when they have finished their work. The hi...
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...
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...
_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...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 23:28 PHARAOH NECO KILLED HIM AT MEGIDDO. This battle took place in 609 B.C. Pharaoh Neco II marched north for what was apparently the last joint Assyrian-Egyptian military eff...
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...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 23:1 JOSIAH'S RENEWAL OF THE COVENANT. HIS REFORMS AND DEATH. REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ. ACCESSION OF JEHO
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...
1 Kings 22:33; 2 Chronicles 35:24; 2 Chronicles 36:1; 2 Chronicles 36:2;...
Dead — Mortally wounded. Jehoahaz — Who was younger than Jehoiakim, yet preferred by the people before the elder brother; either because Jehoiakim refused the kingdom for fear of Pharaoh, whom he knew...
Did Josiah die at Megiddo or at Jerusalem? PROBLEM: This verse says Josiah died in the city of Megiddo, but elsewhere it affirms he died in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 35:24). SOLUTION: The Chronicles pa...