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Verse 2 Kings 23:16. _AND AS JOSIAH TURNED HIMSELF_] This verse is
much more _complete_ in the _Septuagint_, and in the _Hexaplar Syriac_
version at Paris. I shall give the whole, making a distinctio...
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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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The grave of the prophet. This is evidently an addition to the
original story. The altar, which in 2 Kings 23:15 had been destroyed,
is supposed to be still standing. The man of God is, of course, the...
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SEPULCHRES. Hebrew, plural of _keber._ See note on 2 Kings 21:26.
THE WORD. See 1 Kings 13:2.
THE MAN OF GOD. See note on Deuteronomy 33:1. App-49.
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4
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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 AS JOSIAH TURNED HIMSELF, HE SPIED THE SEPULCHRES THAT WERE THERE
IN THE MOUNT, AND SENT, AND TOOK THE BONES OUT OF THE SEPULCHRES, AND
BURNED THEM UPON THE ALTAR, AND POLLUTED IT, ACCORDING TO T...
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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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IN THE MOUNT] presumably some adjoining elevation. ACCORDING TO THE
WORD OF THE LORD] see 1 Kings 13:2....
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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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וַ יִּ֣פֶן יֹאשִׁיָּ֗הוּ וַ יַּ֨רְא
אֶת ־הַ
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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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PROVING HIS WHOLE-HEARTEDNESS
2 Kings 23:15
Josiah carried his drastic reforms even to Samaria, thus fulfilling a
prophecy uttered 350 years before. See 1 Kings 13:2. The old leaven
having now been c...
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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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And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that [were]
there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the
sepulchres, and burned [them] upon the altar, and polluted it,
according t...
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_Spoke. Septuagint subjoin some words, which seem to be lost in the
original: ["when Jeroboam was standing, on the festival day, upon the
altar. And turning, he lifted up his eyes towards the tomb of...
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There is somewhat particularly interesting in the history to which
these verses refer, and I would beg the Reader to mark it with me. If
he will turn to the thirteenth chapter of the first book of the...
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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 AS JOSIAH TURNED HIMSELF,.... From the high place, and the altar
at Bethel; for he not only gave orders for the destroying of
idolatrous places and idols, but he saw them executed himself:
HE SPI...
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And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that [were]
there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the
sepulchres, and burned [them] upon the altar, and polluted it,
according t...
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_As Josiah turned himself_ His care and zeal were so great that he
would not trust his officers with these things, but would see them
done with his own eyes. _He spied the sepulchres that were in the...
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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 as Josiah turned himself, looking about for further abominations,
HE SPIED THE SEPULCHERS THAT WERE THERE IN THE MOUNT, the neighborhood
having been used as a burial-place, AND SENT, AND TOOK THE...
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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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15-24 Josiah's zeal extended to the cities of Israel within his
reach. He carefully preserved the sepulchre of that man of God, who
came from Judah to foretell the throwing down of Jeroboam's altar....
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AS JOSIAH TURNED HIMSELF: Josiah's care and zeal was so great, that he
would not trust his officers with these things, but would see them
done with his own eyes. Which the man of God proclaimed three...
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2 Kings 23:16 Josiah H2977 turned H6437 (H8799) saw H7200 (H8799)
tombs H6913 mountain H2022 sent H7971 ...
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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 23:15 ALTAR AT BETHEL. Josiah not only
destroys but also defiles (vv. 2 Kings 23:8,...
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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 Kings 13:1; 1 Kings 13:2; 1 Kings 13:32; John 10:35; Matthew 24:35
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Himself — Josiah's care and zeal was so great, that he would not
trust his officers with these things, but would see them done with his
own eyes. These words — Three hundred years before it was done....