CONTENTS
We are brought acquainted in this chapter with Josiah, the good king. Many of his pious deeds are recounted. The book of the law is found by Hilkiah. Shaphan reads in it before the king. Josiah's pious weeping in the rehearsal. He sendeth with humbleness to inquire of the Lord. The Lord's answer.
CHAPTER XXII _Josiah succeeds Amon his father, and reigns_ thirty-one _years_, 1, 2. _He repairs the breaches of the temple_, 3-7. _Hilkiah finds the book of the law tn the temple_, 8. _It is rea...
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;...
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...
JOSIAH AND THE BOOK OF THE LAW.-- 2 Kings 22:1-13. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ He did that which was right in the sight of the Lord._ -- 2 Kings 22:2. TIME. --B. C. 622. PLACE. --Jerusalem. HELPFUL READINGS. --...
EIGHT YEARS. Manasseh began at twelve, bred under godly Hezekiah. Josiah began at eight, bred by ungodly Amon. Contrast the two characters. BOSCATH. In Judah. Compare Joshua 15:39....
2 Kings 22:1-7. Josiah king of Judah. His good reign. He begins to repair the temple (2 Chronicles 34:1-13) 1. _Josiah_was _eight years old when he_began _to reign_ Called to the throne as such a mere...
III. THE REIGN AND REFORMATION OF JOSIAH 22:1-23:27 In view of the corrupt conduct of his father and grandfather, it is surprising that Josiah determined at such an early age to follow the path of rig...
_JOSIAH WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND HE REIGNED THIRTY AND ONE YEARS IN JERUSALEM. AND_ _ HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS JEDIDAH, THE DAUGHTER OF ADAIAH OF BOSCATH._ Josiah was eight years...
22:1 Josiah (a-1) Meaning,'Jehovah heals' or 'sustains.'...
JOSIAH. THE FINDING OF A BOOK OF THE LAW 1. Boscath] in Judah: cp. Joshua 15:39....
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....
XXII. THE REIGN OF JOSIAH (2 Kings 22; 2 Kings 23:30; comp. 2 Chronicles 24:25) (1) JOSIAH. — The name seems to mean “Jah healeth.” (Comp....
בֶּן ־שְׁמֹנֶ֤ה שָׁנָה֙ יֹאשִׁיָּ֣הוּ בְ מָלְכֹ֔ו...
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,...
FINDING THE LOST LAW 2 Kings 22:1 In the midst of a dissolute court, Josiah's young life grew as a palm on the desert-waste. At the age of sixteen he sought the Lord, and at eighteen he became even m...
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...
_Eight years. After he had reigned other eight, being still but a boy, he began more seriously to seek the Lord, and purified his dominions, and the neighbouring country, from all the vestiges of idol...
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 BOY-MONARCH_ ‘Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign.’ 2 Kings 22:1 For all the years Josiah had been represented as one of the models of the Bible. Nothing appears in his history 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...
JOSIAH WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN,.... And must be born when his father was but sixteen, for Amon lived but twenty four years, 2 Kings 21:19, AND HE REIGNED THIRTY AND ONE YEARS IN JE...
Josiah [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. Ver. 1. _Josiah was eigh...
_Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign_ Being young, he had not received any bad impressions from the example of his father and grandfather, but soon saw their errors, and God gave him gra...
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...
Josiah's Good Reign...
Josiah was eight years old, his father having died at the age of twenty-four, WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND HE REIGNED THIRTY AND ONE YEARS IN JERUSALEM. AND HIS MOTHER'S NAME WAS JEDIDAH, THE DAUGHTER...
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....
1-10 The different event of Josiah's early succession from that of Manasseh, must be ascribed to the distinguishing grace of God; yet probably the persons that trained him up were instruments in prod...
2 KINGS CHAPTER 22. Josiah's good reign; his care for the repair of the temple, 2 KINGS 21:1. Hilkiah found a book of the law; the king by it understandeth God's threatenings against backsliders, and...
2 Kings 22:1 Josiah H2977 eight H8083 years H8141 old H1121 king H4427 (H8800) reigned H4427 (H8804) thirty-one...
INTRODUCTION TO JOSIAH'S REIGN (2 KINGS 22:1). Josiah's reign commences with the usual introductory formula giving his age when he began to reign, the length of his reign, and the name of the queen m...
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...
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...
_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...
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.
THE LAST EFFORT OF REFORMATION UNDER JOSIAH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 2 Kings 22:2. HE DID THAT WHICH WAS RIGHT—In his minority Josiah was. guarded and directed by godly teachers and counselor...
EXPOSITION 2 KINGS 22:1 ACCESSION OF JOSIAH. REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE. RECOVERY OF THE BOOK OF THE LAW....
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...
1 Kings 13:2; 2 Chronicles 34:1; 2 Chronicles 34:2; 2 Kings 11:21;...