INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 35 In this chapter we have an account of the keeping of the passover and its preparation, for which the priests and Levites were ordered to prepare, and to which Josiah, and his princes, gave liberally, and such an one was kept as had not been for ages past, 2 Chronicle... [ Continue Reading ]
MOREOVER, JOSIAH KEPT A PASSOVER UNTO THE LORD IN JERUSALEM,.... Where only it was to be kept: AND THEY KILLED THE PASSOVER ON THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH; the month Nisan, as the Targum, which was the exact time of killing the passover lamb, according to the law of Moses, Exodus 12:6, in... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SET THE PRIESTS IN THEIR CHARGES,.... In their offices, and in their proper places, to execute them: AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO THE SERVICE OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD; to attend it with cheerfulness and constancy, and do it according to the will of God, promising his favour and protection.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SAID UNTO THE LEVITES THAT TAUGHT ALL ISRAEL,.... Whose business it was to go through the several tribes, and instruct them in the knowledge of God, his word and worship, statutes and ordinances. In an ancient MS. mentioned by Junius, it is read, "who prepared for all Israel the holy things", c.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND PREPARE YOURSELVES,.... To do their work in this service of the sanctuary, the passover; that they be ready to do it, and diligent in it, and perform it according to the law of God: BY THE HOUSES OF YOUR FATHERS, AFTER YOUR COURSES; such of them whose turn in course it was to officiate: ACCORD... [ Continue Reading ]
AND STAND IN THE HOLY PLACE,.... The court of the priests, where their ministrations were: ACCORDING TO THE DIVISIONS OF THE FAMILIES OF YOUR BRETHREN THE PEOPLE; of the other tribes, who were according to their families to provide a lamb for the passover: AND AFTER THE DIVISION OF THE FAMILIES OF... [ Continue Reading ]
SO KILL THE PASSOVER,.... In the manner, time, and place, and for the persons it should be killed: AND SANCTIFY YOURSELVES: by washing themselves and garments, that they might be fit for this service: AND PREPARE YOUR BRETHREN; prepare a lamb for your brethren, or instruct them how to perform thei... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JOSIAH GAVE TO THE PEOPLE, OF THE FLOCK, LAMBS AND KIDS, ALL FOR THE PASSOVER OFFERINGS,.... Which be either lambs or kids of the goats, Exodus 12:5, for all that were present, to the number of 30,000; that is, 30,000 lambs or kids, which would serve 30,000 families: AND THREE THOUSAND BULLOCKS... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HIS PRINCES GAVE WILLINGLY TO THE PEOPLE, TO THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES,.... Besides, to some other families, they gave also to poor priests and Levites, which the king's bounty did not extend to; and these princes were not secular, but ecclesiastical princes, as follows: HILKIAH, AND ZECHARIA... [ Continue Reading ]
CONONIAH ALSO, AND SHEMAIAH AND NATHANEEL HIS BRETHREN,.... See 2 Chronicles 31:12 AND HASHABIAH, AND JEHIEL, AND JOZABAD, CHIEF OF THE LEVITES; men of considerable substance, and in good posts and offices: GAVE UNTO THE LEVITES; their poor brethren of that order: FOR PASSOVER OFFERINGS FIVE THOU... [ Continue Reading ]
SO THE SERVICE WAS PREPARED,.... Every thing was got ready both for the passover and the feast of unleavened bread, for all sorts of people, rich and poor: AND THE PRIESTS STOOD IN THEIR PLACE; in their court near the altar, to sprinkle the blood of the sacrifices about it, as in the following vers... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY KILLED THE PASSOVER,.... The lambs for the passover, which was done by the Levites: AND THE PRIESTS SPRINKLED [THE BLOOD] FROM THEIR HANDS; which they received from the Levites, see 2 Chronicles 30:16. AND THE LEVITES FLAYED THEM; the passover lambs, took off their skins.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY REMOVED THE BURNT OFFERINGS,.... Either such of the lambs and kids as were designed for burnt offerings for the people; these they separated from those that were for the passover; or they removed from them what was to be burnt, the fat of the inwards, of the kidneys, and the caul on the liv... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY ROASTED THE PASSOVER WITH FIRE, ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE,.... Of the Lord by Moses, Exodus 12:8 BUT THE OTHER HOLY OFFERINGS; which were the peace offerings: SOD THEY IN POTS, AND IN CAULDRONS, AND PANS; which was forbid to be done with the passover lamb, but might with the other sacrif... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AFTERWARDS THEY MADE READY FOR THEMSELVES, AND FOR THE PRIESTS,.... The passover lambs, and such parts of the peace offerings that belonged to them: BECAUSE THE PRIESTS THE SONS OF AARON WERE BUSIED IN OFFERING BURNT OFFERINGS; such as are before said to be removed or separated for that purpose... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE SINGERS THE SONS OF ASAPH WERE IN THEIR PLACE,.... In the court of the priests, singing and playing on their instruments while the sacrifices were offering: ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF DAVID, AND ASAPH, AND HEMAN, AND JEDUTHUN THE KING'S SEER; the same with Ethan; and everyone were seer... [ Continue Reading ]
SO ALL THE SERVICE OF THE LORD WAS PREPARED THE SAME DAY,.... With every sacrifice, and for all sorts of persons: TO KEEP THE PASSOVER, AND TO OFFER BURNT OFFERINGS UPON THE ALTAR OF THE LORD; which were required to be done on that day: ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF KING JOSIAH; which was, that... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THAT WERE PRESENT KEPT THE PASSOVER AT THAT TIME,.... In its proper time, on the fourteenth day of Nisan: AND THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD SEVEN DAYS; the seven days following the passover, as the Lord by Moses appointed.... [ Continue Reading ]
Ver. 18-19. AND THERE WAS NO PASSOVER LIKE TO THAT KEPT IN ISRAEL,.... So exactly according to the law, so universally by Israel and Judah, and with such liberality shown by the king, and the chief of the priests and Levites; of this, and the following verse, 2 Kings 23:22, 2 Kings 23:23... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Chronicles 35:18... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER ALL THIS, WHEN JOSIAH HAD PREPARED THE TEMPLE,.... Purified it, and cleansed it from the filth in it, and from all idolatry, and had repaired it, and put the service of it in good order, and on a good footing, after which great prosperity in church and state might have been expected: NECHO KI... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT HE SENT AMBASSADORS TO HIM,.... That is, Necho sent to Josiah: SAYING, WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH THEE, THOU KING OF JUDAH? signifying he had no quarrel with him, he did not come to fight with him, and he had no business to intermeddle between him and another prince: I COME NOT AGAINST THEE THIS D... [ Continue Reading ]
NEVERTHELESS, JOSIAH WOULD NOT TURN HIS FACE FROM HIM,.... Or withdraw his forces, and go back: BUT DISGUISED HIMSELF THAT HE MIGHT FIGHT WITH HIM; without being personally known, and aimed at, see 1 Kings 22:30 AND HEARKENED NOT UNTO THE WORDS OF NECHO FROM THE MOUTH OF GOD: not believing that wh... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE ARCHERS SHOT AT KING JOSIAH,.... For, though disguised, he appeared to be a general officer, and indeed chief commander, and therefore aimed at him, and pressed him hard: AND THE KING SAID TO HIS SERVANTS, HAVE ME AWAY, FOR I AM WOUNDED; as Ahab said, when in the like case, 1 Kings 22:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HIS SERVANTS THEREFORE TOOK HIM OUT OF THAT CHARIOT,.... Dead, and had him to Jerusalem, and buried him; 2 Kings 23:30, AND ALL JUDAH AND JERUSALEM MOURNED FOR JOSIAH; he having been so good a king, so tender of them, and such an happy instrument in restoring the true religion, and the service... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JEREMIAH LAMENTED FOR JOSIAH,.... Composed a lamentation for him, which is now lost; for what is said in Lamentations 4:20 respects Zedekiah, and not Josiah: AND ALL THE SINGING MEN, AND ALL THE SINGING WOMEN, SPAKE OF JOSIAH IN THEIR LAMENTATIONS UNTO THIS DAY; who were made use of on mournful... [ Continue Reading ]
Ver. 26,27 NOW THE REST OF THE ACTS OF JOSIAH, AND HIS GOODNESS,.... His piety towards God, and liberality to the people; of these two verses, 2 Kings 23:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Chronicles 35:26... [ Continue Reading ]