By a pillar. — On the stand or dais (2 Kings 11:14).
A covenant. — The covenant, which had so often been broken. Josiah pledged himself “to walk after the Lord,” and imposed a similar pledge on the people.
Stood to the covenant — i.e., entered it; took the same pledge as the king. (Comp. 2 Kings 18:28.)
Verse 2 Kings 23:3. _STOOD BY A PILLAR_] _He stood_, על העמוד al haammud, "_upon the stairs or pulpit_." This is what is called the _brazen_ _scaffold_ or _pulpit_ which Solomon made, and on which th...
BY A PILLAR - Rather, “upon the pillar” (see 2 Kings 11:14, note). MADE A COVENANT - “The covenant.” Josiah renewed the old covenant made between God and His people in Horeb Deuteronomy 5:2, so far at...
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...
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...
BY. PILLAR: or, on the pillar, or, platform. Compare 2 Kings 11:14. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. WRITTEN. See App-47. STOOD. But not for long. See Jeremiah 11:2....
DISCOURSE: 381 COVENANTING WITH GOD 2 Kings 23:3. _And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and hi...
E. THE COVENANT RENEWED 23:1-3 TRANSLATION (1) And he sent and gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. (2) And the king went up to the house of the LORD and all the men of Judah and...
_AND THE KING STOOD BY A PILLAR, AND MADE A COVENANT BEFORE THE LORD, TO WALK AFTER THE LORD, AND TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS AND HIS TESTIMONIES AND HIS STATUTES WITH ALL THEIR HEART AND ALL THEIR SOUL,...
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.;...
BY A PILLAR] or, 'upon a platform': cp. Nehemiah 11:14...
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...
וַ יַּעֲמֹ֣ד הַ֠ מֶּלֶךְ עַֽל ־הָ֨ עַמּ֜וּד
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...
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,...
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...
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...
And the king stood by (b) a pillar, and made a (c) covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all [their] heart and all [t...
_The step. His tribune or tribunal, a more eminent place, from whence he might be seen and heard by the people. (Challoner) --- This brazen tribune is described [in] chap. xi. 14., and 2 Paralipomenon...
The covenant here spoken of means the renewal of that gracious one the Lord had vouchsafed in times past, when he formed Israel into a church; in which God graciously said, I will be their God, and th...
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 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 THE KING STOOD BY A PILLAR,.... As the manner of kings was, 2 Kings 11:14 and is thought to be the brasen scaffold erected by Solomon, on which he stood at the dedication of the temple, and now Jo...
And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all [their] heart and all [their] so...
_The king stood by a pillar_ Of which see on chap. 2 Kings 11:14. _And made a covenant before the Lord_ The king himself was the first and principal covenanter, who publicly and solemnly declared his...
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...
THE COVENANT RENEWED...
And the king stood by a pillar, probably a raised dais or platform, AND MADE A COVENANT BEFORE THE LORD TO WALK AFTER THE LORD, in obeying Him and doing His will, AND TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS AND HIS...
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...
1-3 Josiah had received a message from God, that there was no preventing the ruin of Jerusalem, but that he should only deliver his own soul; yet he does his duty, and leaves the event to God. He enga...
BY THE PILLAR; of which SEE POOLE ON "2 KINGS 11:14"; SEE POOLE ON "2 CHRONICLES 34:31". TO THE COVENANT, to wit, as to the taking of it; they declared their consent to it, and their concurrence with...
2 Kings 23:3 king H4428 stood H5975 (H8799) pillar H5982 made H3772 (H8799) covenant H1285 before H6440 LORD...
THE READING OF THE LAW AND THE MAKING OF THE COVENANT (2 KINGS 23:1). 2 Kings 23:1 ‘And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.' Deeply moved by the words o...
2 Kings 23:3 , 2 KINGS 23:25 The lesson we learn from this chapter is that we may repent and yet be punished. I. People do not like to believe that; it is much more convenient to fancy that when a ma...
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 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...
2 KINGS—NOTE ON 2 KINGS 23:2 THE KING WENT UP TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. Since Josiah is a faithful king, Huldah’s message of doom does not keep him from pursuing religious reform in light of the...
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 15:12; 2 Chronicles 23:13; 2 Chronicles 23:16; 2 Chronicles 29:10;...
Stood — They declared their consent to it, and their concurrence with the king in that act, which possibly they did by standing up, as the king himself stood when he took it. It is of good use, with a...