2 Kings 22:1
EIGHT YEARS. Manasseh began at twelve, bred under godly Hezekiah. Josiah began at eight, bred by ungodly Amon. Contrast the two characters. BOSCATH. In Judah. Compare Joshua 15:39.... [ Continue Reading ]
EIGHT YEARS. Manasseh began at twelve, bred under godly Hezekiah. Josiah began at eight, bred by ungodly Amon. Contrast the two characters. BOSCATH. In Judah. Compare Joshua 15:39.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. TURNED NOT ASIDE. Josiah is the only king of whom this is said.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE EIGHTEENTH YEAR. Marks the completion of the work (2 Kings 23:23). Begun in the twelfth year (2 Chronicles 34:3; 2 Chronicles 34:8). Jeremiah was called in Josiah's thirteenth year (Jeremiah 1:2; Jeremiah 25:3), and was to Josiah what Isaiah had been to Hezekiah. SHAPHAN. Eight relatives mentio... [ Continue Reading ]
HILKIAH. The son of Shallum and father of Azariah (1 Chronicles 6:13). sum. pour out, or pay away.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF THE DOERS. These were the overseers. to the doers. These were the labourers.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOUSE. Some codices, with two early printed editions, and Septuagint, read "the breaches of the house", as in 2 Kings 22:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BOOK OF THE LAW. i.e. the original copy of the Pentateuch, laid up by the side of the Ark (Deuteronomy 31:24). Probably secreted during the reigns of Manasseh (2 Kings 21:16) and Amon (2 Kings 21:21). See App-47.... [ Continue Reading ]
READ IT. Especially those parts applicable to the then circumstances, such as Leviticus 26; Deuteronomy 28. &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE RENT HIS CLOTHES. Not necessarily on account of his surprise, but on account of the solemnity of the words.... [ Continue Reading ]
AHIKARA. The friend of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 26:24) and father of Gedaliah (Compare 2 Kings 25:22.Jeremiah 39:14; Jeremiah 40:5). See note on "Shaphan" (2 Kings 22:3). ACHBOR. Not the same person as Abdon, in 2 Chronicles 34:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND FOR ALL JUDAH. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "and for the remnant in Israel and in Judah". Compare 2 Chronicles 34:21; 2 Chronicles 6:4); Deborah (Judges 4:4); Noadiah (Nehemiah 6:14); Isaiah's wife (Isaiah 8:3); Anna (Luke 2:36); and Philip's daughters (Acts 21:9). THE WIF... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORSAKEN ME. Huldah adopts the words of Deuteronomy 29:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. AS TOUCHING. No Ellipsis here, but at end of verse. See below. HEARD, OR HEARKENED TO. Supply Figure of speech _Ellipsis_ thus: "Thus saith Jehovah Elohim: the words which thou hast hearkened to [shall surely come to pass]. In that thine heart was tender... I also hav... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE. In that. A DESOLATION AND. CURSE. These words are from Deuteronomy 11:26; Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 29:19; Deuteronomy 30:1. Compare Jeremiah 44:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
GATHERED. See note on Genesis 49:33. THY GRAVE. Hebrew. _keber_ (not Sheol). in 2 Kings 21:26 rendered sepulchre. IN PEACE. Josiah died in war (2 Kings 23:29); but why not "in peace" of mind and heart as well? Compare Isaiah 57:2,... [ Continue Reading ]