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Verse 2 Kings 23:8. _THE GATE OF JOSHUA_] The place where he, as
governor of the city, heard and decided causes. Near this we find
there were public altars, where sometimes the true God, at other time...
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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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THE HIGH PLACES. Seemingly (from 2 Kings 23:9) some were used for the
worship of Jehovah. See notes on 2 Kings 18:20. 2Ki 19:10, 2 Kings
19:14.
GEBA. NOW _Jeba_ ...
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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 BROUGHT ALL THE PRIESTS OUT OF THE CITIES OF JUDAH, AND
DEFILED THE HIGH PLACES WHERE THE PRIESTS HAD BURNED INCENSE, FROM
GEBA TO BEERSHEBA, AND BRAKE DOWN THE HIGH PLACES OF THE GATES THAT
W...
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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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DEFILED THE HIGH PLACES] That some of these were dedicated to the
worship of the Lord appears from the following v., which implies that
the priests who served them were priests of the Lord. The destru...
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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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AND HE BROUGHT ALL THE PRIESTS... — Josiah caused all the priests of
the local sanctuaries of Jehovah to migrate to Jerusalem, and polluted
the high places to which they had been attached, in order to...
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וַ יָּבֵ֤א אֶת ־כָּל ־הַ כֹּֽהֲנִים֙
מֵ
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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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Bersabee; to which the Israelites went in pilgrimages, Amos v. 5. This
place was situated at the southern extremity of the dominions of Juda,
as Gabaa was at the northern. The priests being unable to...
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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 BROUGHT ALL THE PRIESTS OUT OF THE CITIES OF JUDAH,.... Who
were of the sons of Aaron, and had served in the high places there:
AND DEFILED THE HIGH PLACES WHERE THE PRIESTS HAD BURNT INCENSE;...
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And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled
the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to
Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that [w...
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_He brought all the priests_ Belonging to the high places following,
whether such as worshipped idols, or such as worshipped God in those
forbidden places. _Out of the cities of Judah_ That they might...
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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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And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, where they
wore engaged in local worship, AND DEFILED THE HIGH PLACES WHERE THE
PRIESTS HAD BURNED INCENSE, FROM GEBA, on the northern bounda...
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THE COVENANT RENEWED...
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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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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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ALL THE PRIESTS, to wit, belonging to the high places there following,
whether such as worshipped idols, or rather, such as worshipped God in
those forbidden places, DEUTERONOMY 12:11, as may be gathe...
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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 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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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 23:4 The eastern slopes of the KIDRON Valley
had been associated with idolatry since the time of Solomon (1 Kings
11:7). It was a convenient
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 23:8 DEFILED THE HIGH PLACES WHERE THE
PRIESTS HAD MADE OFFERINGS. These were local places of worship in
various cities (see note on 1 Kings 3:2)....
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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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1 Chronicles 6:60; 1 Kings 15:22; 1 Kings 19:3; Genesis 21:31;...
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Priests — Belonging to the high — places following, whether such
as worshipped idols; or such as worshipped God in those forbidden
places. Defiled — By burning dead mens bones upon them, or by
putting...