2 Chronicles 34:6-7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 34:6

2 Chronicles 34:6. Even unto Naphtali Which was in the utmost borders of the kingdom of Israel. For it must be remembered, that the ten tribes were now gone into captivity; and those who were come in their stead were weak and few, and not able to withstand the power of Josiah. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:1-33

The final reform (34:1-35:27)Another reform swept Judah during the reign of Josiah (34:1-33; see notes on 2 Kings 22:1-23:20). As with the reform of Hezekiah, the climax in the eyes of the Chronicler was a great Passover Feast in Jerusalem.After returning the ark to its rightful place in the temple, the priests and Levites prepared themselves for their duties. Josiah arranged them in divisions as Hezekiah had done earlier, so that the music, singing, sacrifices and other rituals could be... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 34:6

with their mattocks: or, in their ruins. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 34:6

6. with their mattocks—or, "in their deserts"—so that the verse will stand thus: "And so did [namely, break the altars and burn the bones of priests] he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, in their deserted suburbs." The reader is apt to be surprised on finding that Josiah, whose hereditary possessions were confined to the kingdom of Judah, exercised as much authority among the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, Simeon, and others as far as Naphtali, as he did... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 34:1-27

P. Josiah chs. 34-35Like Amon’s death (2 Chronicles 33:24), Josiah’s was unnecessarily premature. However, unlike Amon, Josiah was one of Judah’s reformers."Josiah instituted the most thorough of all the OT reforms . . ." [Note: Idem, "1, 2 Chronicles," p. 549.] "Despite this, however, Josiah is not so significant a monarch overall for the Chronicler as he is for the earlier historian [i.e., the writer of Kings]. Much that he records is now to be understood as recapitulation of Hezekiah’s work,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 34:1-33

1. Josiah’s reforms ch. 34The godly in Judah may have regarded Josiah as the most likely candidate to fulfill the promises God had given to David. His early life and reign were spiritually exemplary (2 Chronicles 34:2-3). He sought to purge idolatry from the whole territory of Israel as well as Judah (2 Chronicles 34:4-7). Many of the Simeonites (2 Chronicles 34:6) had allied themselves with Israel religiously (cf. 2 Chronicles 15:9). [Note: Keil, p. 431.] In Jerusalem, Josiah embarked on a... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 34:1-33

Reign of JosiahThe chapter narrates how Josiah suppressed idolatry and repaired the Temple; how a book of the Law, found in the Temple, was read to the king and the people; and how the nation’s covenant with the Lord was renewed.This chapter and the following are, in general, parallel to 2 Kings 22, 2 Kings 23:1-30 with some unimportant variants; but the Chronicler gives more prominence than the writer of 2 Kings to the passover celebrated by Josiah.3. In the twelfth year] In 2 Ki the abolition... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 34:3-7

(3-7) Idolatry extirpated. This brief account is parallel to 2 Kings 23:4-20. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 34:6

(6) And so did he in the cities . . . unto Naphtali.—Sec 2 Kings 23:15; 2 Kings 23:19, according to which Josiah destroyed the sanctuary of Bethel, and the high places “in the cities of Samaria,” i.e., the northern kingdom.Simeon is again mentioned somewhat strangely, as in 2 Chronicles 15:9, no doubt because Beersheba, a famous sanctuary within its territory, was a place of pilgrimage for the northern tribes.Manasseh and Ephraim, i.e., the northern kingdom, as in 2 Chronicles 31:1; Isaiah... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 34:7

(7) The idols.—Sun-statues (2 Chronicles 34:4). The word does not occur in the parallel account; but 2 Chronicles 34:5 mentions sun-worship. read more

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