The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:8
It is in some sense as though the work of purification, atoning, penitence, must precede that of practical repentance, of repairing , restoring, rebuilding. The original, however, does not warrant the laying of any stress on the when, found again in the Authorized Version. Shaphau. In the parallel ( 2 Kings 22:3 ) Shaphan is designated "the scribe." His descendants, to the second generation, at all events, did him honor ( Jeremiah 26:24 ; Jeremiah 29:3 ; Jeremiah 36:10 , Jeremiah... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:1-33
The reign of Josiah-its unexpected boon, in a republication of revealed religion, with the legitimate and happy results following thereupon. In the reign and person of Josiah, once more and for the last time in the now numbered years of the kingdom of Judah, the light of piety and "goodness" flickered up in the socket. His reign began when his yearn numbered but eight; it lasted thirty-one years. Four reigns succeeded his to the date of the destruction of Jerusalem, but the four together... read more