역대하 34:1-35 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:8

Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house ,.... The temple; this was in the twenty sixth year of his age, six years this work had been doing before it was finished: he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah : who only is mentioned in 2 Kings 22:3 two more are added here, as follow: and Maaseiah the governor of the city ; the city of Jerusalem, a deputy governor under the king, a sort of mayor or provost: and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:9

And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest ,.... To whom they were sent to advise with about the repair of the temple: they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God ; that is, the high priest, and the Levites the doorkeepers, gave it to the king's ministers; which money was either brought to the temple voluntarily, as the free gifts of the people, for the repairs; or rather what was collected by the Levites, sent throughout the land for that purpose, or it may be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:10

And they put it ,.... The king's ministers did: in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Lord ; whose business it was to inspect the temple, and see what repairs were necessary, and to overlook the workmen in making those repairs; the names of these overseers are in 2 Chronicles 34:12 , and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and mend the house ; that is, the overseers gave the money they received to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:11

Even to the artificers and builders gave they it ,.... To the masons and carpenters: to buy hewn stone ; to put in the room of that which was decayed or fallen down: and timber for couplings ; of boards, beams, and rafters: and to floor the houses ; the chambers, the apartments in the temple, which belonged to the priests and Levites: which the kings of Judah had destroyed ; the idolatrous ones, who had let them go to decay and ruin, taking no care of them. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:12

And the men did that work faithfully ,.... The labouring men, as also their inspectors, see 2 Kings 22:7 . and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari ; the third son of Levi: and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites ; who had their name from Kohath, the second son of Levi: to set it forward ; to urge and animate the men to their work, to keep them constant to it, and see that they did it well: and other of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:13

Also they were over the bearers of burdens ,.... Who carried the timber and stones to the workmen, to look after them, that they were not dilatory, and that the workmen might not stand still for want of materials being brought to them to work with: and were overseers over all that wrought in any manner of service ; whether in the way of masonry, or in that of carpenters, or of such that served them, or in whatsoever way: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:14-28

And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord ,.... The Levites, who brought it out of the country into the temple, and from thence brought it to the high priest, who delivering it to the king's ministers, and they to the overseers, the repairs were begun: and then Hilkiah the high priest found a book of the law of the Lord given by Moses house of the Lord ,.... The Levites, who brought it out of the country into the temple, and from thence brought it to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:29-32

Then the king sent and gathered ,.... From hence, to the end of 2 Chronicles 34:32 , the same account is given of the reading of the law to the people, and of the covenant the king and they made to serve the Lord, as in 2 Kings 23:1 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:33

And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel ,.... All their idols, as related in 2 Kings 23:4 , &c.; and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God ; by his edicts, and by his example: and all his days they departed not from following the Lord God of their fathers ; not publicly and universally; otherwise there were great declensions and corruptions among them, as the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 34:2

He declined neither to the right hand , nor to the left - He never swerved from God and truth; he never omitted what he knew to be his duty to God and his kingdom; he carried on his reformation with a steady hand; timidity did not prevent him from going far enough; and zeal did not lead him beyond due bounds. He walked in the golden mean, and his moderation was known unto all men. He went neither to the right nor to the left, he looked inward, looked forward, and looked... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:14-28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:29-32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 34:2

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