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Verse 2 Kings 22:20. _THOU SHALT BE GATHERED INTO THY GRAVE IN
PEACE_] During thy life _none of these calamities_ shall fall upon the
people, and no _adversary_ shall be permitted to disturb the peac...
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IN PEACE - The death of Josiah in battle 2 Kings 23:29 is in verbal
contradiction to this prophecy, but not in real opposition to its
spirit, which is simply that the pious prince who has sent to inqu...
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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;...
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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...
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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 h
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THOU SHALT BE GATHERED INTO THY GRAVE IN PEACE— The death of Josiah
was indeed sudden and immature; he fell in battle against the
Egyptians, (see the next chap. 2 Kings 23:29.); and yet he may be said...
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D. THE PROPHETIC WORD OF HULDAH 22:14-20
TRANSLATION
(14) And Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asahiah went
onto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah the
son o...
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JOSIAH. THE FINDING OF A BOOK OF THE LAW
1. Boscath] in Judah: cp. Joshua 15:39....
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IN PEACE] Josiah, though he fell in battle (2 Kings 23:29), yet was
spared the pain of witnessing the calamities sustained by his country
in the time of his successors. He was one of 'the righteous wh...
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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....
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לָכֵן֩ הִנְנִ֨י אֹֽסִפְךָ֜ עַל
־אֲבֹתֶ֗יךָ וְ...
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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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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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HEARKENING TO THE MESSAGE
2 Kings 22:14; 2 Kings 23:1
Josiah's fears were deeply stirred by the evils which the Law of the
Lord clearly indicated as imminent, and he immediately sent for advice
to th...
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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...
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Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt
be gathered into thy grave in (k) peace; and thine eyes shall not see
all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they br...
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CHAPTER XXII.
Peace, before these horrors overtake the city. Josias was interred
with all the usual honours, have[having?] fallen in battle, chap.
xxiii. 29. (Calmet) --- Instead of peace, the Alexan...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! are you young in years! behold the loveliness of early piety.
What can afford a more interesting sight than to see our youths in the
first days of their strength, asking the way t...
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How delightful are personal mercies, when the Lord separates between
the precious and the vile; when the word of the gospel comes with
distinguishing direction like a letter, to you is the word of thi...
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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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_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...
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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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BEHOLD THEREFORE, I WILL GATHER THEE UNTO THY FATHERS,.... To his
godly ancestors, to share with them in eternal life and happiness;
otherwise it could be no peculiar favour to die in common, as his
f...
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Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt
be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all
the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brough...
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_Behold, therefore, I will gather thee to thy fathers_ It is justly
observed here by Henry, that the saints in those days had doubtless a
comfortable prospect of happiness on the other side of death,...
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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...
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THE BOOK OF THE LAW READ BEFORE THE KING, AND THE RESULTS...
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Behold, therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt
be gathered into thy grave in peace, without seeing the desolation of
Jerusalem, although he himself was killed in battle, 2 King...
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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....
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11-20 The book of the law is read before the king. Those best honour
their Bibles, who study them; daily feed on that bread, and walk by
that light. Convictions of sin and wrath should put us upon th...
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IN PEACE, i.e. in a time of public peace, and the tranquility of thy
kingdom; or so as THOU SHALT NOT SEE ALL THE EVIL WHICH I WILL BRING
UPON THIS PLACE, as the following words explain it; for otherw...
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2 Kings 22:20 gather H622 (H8802) fathers H1 gathered H622 (H8738)
grave H6913 peace H7965 eyes H5869 see...
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HULDAH'S REPLY TO JOSIAH (2 KINGS 22:14).
The enquiry was made to Huldah, the prophetess. We should note that
there is no hint that Huldah read the book, or even saw it. Given the
care that the author...
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2 Kings 22:19
I. The discovery of Moses' law in the Temple is a very important
occurrence in the history, because it shows us that Holy Scripture had
been for a long while neglected and to all practi...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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.
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2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 22:20 Because Josiah has humbled himself
before the Lord, he will die before the terrible events prophesied in
2 Kings 21:12 and...
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_HOMILETICS OF 2 Kings 22:14_
THE REVELATION OF THE DIVINE PURPOSE
I. IS CLEARLY INTERPRETED BY A DULY AUTHORISED MESSENGER (2 Kings
22:14). Though little is known of Huldah, the prophetess, there is...
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EXPOSITION
2 KINGS 22:1
ACCESSION OF JOSIAH. REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. RECOVERY OF THE BOOK OF THE
LAW....
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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...
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1 Chronicles 17:11; 2 Chronicles 34:28; 2 Kings 23:29; 2 Kings 23:30;...
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In peace — That is, in a time of public peace: for otherwise he died
in battle. Besides, he died in peace with God, and was by death
translated to everlasting peace....