Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
2 Kings 23:26
Verse 26. The Lord turned not] It was of no use to try this fickle and radically depraved people any longer. They were respited merely during the life of Josiah.
Verse 26. The Lord turned not] It was of no use to try this fickle and radically depraved people any longer. They were respited merely during the life of Josiah.
See the marginal references. True repentance might have averted God’s anger. But the people had sunk into a condition in which a true repentance was no longer possible. Individuals, like Josiah, were...
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...
Celebration of the Passover. The mention of the eighteenth year (2 Kings 23:23; cf. 2 Kings 22:3) shows that the reforms of Josiah occupied six months. The book was discovered in the first month of th...
G. AN APPRAISAL OF THE JOSIANIC REFORMATION 23:24-27 TRANSLATION (24) Moreover those with familiar spirits, the wizards, the teraphim, the idols, and all the abominations. which were found in the lan...
_NOTWITHSTANDING THE LORD TURNED NOT FROM THE FIERCENESS OF HIS GREAT WRATH, WHEREWITH HIS ANGER WAS KINDLED AGAINST JUDAH, BECAUSE OF ALL THE PROVOCATIONS THAT MANASSEH HAD PROVOKED HIM WITHAL._ Not...
23:26 wrath, (a-11) See Jeremiah 15:1-4 ....
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.;...
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...
THE FIERCENESS OF HIS GREAT WRATH... KINDLED. — _The great heat of his wrath, wherewith his wrath burnt_. BECAUSE OF ALL THE PROVOCATIONS THAT MANASSEH ... — Comp. the predictions of Jeremiah (Jeremia...
The historian naturally adds these remarks to prepare the way for what he has soon to relate — the final ruin of the kingdom; and probably also to suggest an explanation of what must have seemed to hi...
אַ֣ךְ ׀ לֹֽא ־שָׁ֣ב יְהוָ֗ה מֵ חֲרֹ֤ון אַפֹּו
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,...
IN THE HANDS OF HEATHEN FOES 2 Kings 23:26 Josiah's life ended in terrible disaster. He persisted in measuring himself in battle against the king of Egypt in a quarrel which was none of his, and thus...
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...
Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the (r) fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. ...
_Had provoked him. The impiety of this king must have been extreme, since his repentance did not avert the scourge. (Haydock) --- Besides, many of the people were corrupt at heart, though they were af...
Reader! we learn from hence these most solemn truths. The word of the Lord is unalterable. He hath proclaimed the sure wages of sin to be death. And rather than this law shall be altered, his only beg...
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...
NOTWITHSTANDING, THE LORD TURNED NOT FROM THE FIERCENESS OF HIS GREAT WRATH, WHEREWITH HIS ANGER WAS KINDLED AGAINST JUDAH,.... Notwithstanding the great reformation wrought among them; for though Jos...
_Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal._ Ver...
_Notwithstanding, the Lord turned not_, &c. Because, though the king was most hearty in his repentance, and acceptable to God, and therefore the judgment was delayed for his time; yet the people were...
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 PASSOVER KEPT...
Notwithstanding, the Lord turned not from the fierceness of His great wrath wherewith His anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked Him withal. The of...
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...
PROVOCATIONS: _ Heb._ angers...
25-30 Upon reading these verses, we must say, Lord, though thy righteousness be as the great mountains, evident, plainly to be seen, and past dispute; yet thy judgments are a great deep, unfathomable,...
THE LORD TURNED NOT FROM THE FIERCENESS OF HIS GREAT, WRATH; because though the king was most hearty in his repentance, and acceptable to God, as we said before, and therefore the judgment was delayed...
2 Kings 23:26 LORD H3068 turn H7725 (H8804) fierceness H2740 great H1419 wrath H639 anger H639 aroused H2734 ...
JOSIAH'S OBEDIENCE TO THE LAW WOULD PROVE TO BE INSUFFICIENT TO PREVENT THE FINAL CATASTROPHE FOR JUDAH BECAUSE JERUSALEM'S SIN HAD BEEN TOO GREAT AND WAS STILL TOO DEEPLY IMBEDDED IN THE PEOPLE (2 KI...
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 like unto him there was no king before him._ JOSIAH’S REFORMATION This and the previous chapter show us the influence of a godly sovereign. This prince at the age of twenty-six begins to repair...
_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 23:26 Though Josiah was righteous, this did not turn away God’s WRATH from the nation. God will use exile to purify his people of deeply rooted unfaithfulness....
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 23:26. NOTWITHSTANDING THE LORD TURNED NOT—The nation’s heart was not changed by all this fervour of the king and the reformation of external worship. Jeremia...
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 36:16; 2 Kings 21:11; 2 Kings 22:16; 2 Kings 22:17;...
Notwithstanding — Because though the king was most hearty in his repentance and acceptable to God, and therefore the judgment was delayed for his time; yet the people were in general corrupt, and secr...