2 Chronicles 35:20-27 ASV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 35:24

The second chariot - Perhaps this means no more than that they took Josiah out of his own chariot and put him into another, either for secrecy, or because his own had been disabled. The chariot into which he was put might have been that of the officer or aid-de-camp who attended his master to the war. See the note on 2 Kings 22:20 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 35:25

Behold , they are written in the lamentations - The Hebrews had poetical compositions for all great and important events, military songs, songs of triumph, epithalamia or marriage odes, funeral elegies, etc. Several of these are preserved in different parts of the historical books of Scripture, and these were generally made by prophets or inspired men. That composed on the tragical end of this good king by Jeremiah is now lost. The Targum says, "Jeremiah bewailed Josiah with a... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 35:27

And his deeds , first and last - "The former things which he did in his childhood, and the latter things which he did in his youth; and all the judgments which he pronounced from his eighth year, when he came to the kingdom, to his eighteenth, when he was grown up, and began to repair the sanctuary of the Lord; and all that he brought of his substance to the hand of judgment, purging both the house of Israel and Judah from all uncleanness; behold, they are written in the book of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:1-27

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:20

After all this . A period of about thirteen years of happy retrospect is now the portion of the good king. This period brings itself to an unhappy and even fatal termination in the year B.C. 608; when, as it would appear by the result, King Josiah did wrong, and went out of his way, in opposing the march of Pharaoh-Necho, successor of Psammetichus King of Egypt, against Cyaxares King of Assyria ( 2 Kings 23:29 ), or King of Babylon at Circesium on the River Phrat, the head-quarters... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:20-27

The lamentations for Josiah's death. Some cloud of mystery, but, so far as we can see, none of shame, hangs over the closing events of Josiah's reign and life. His determined resolution to oppose Necho King of Egypt, when he came to "Charchemish by Euphrates," with the view of engaging in battle with the forces of Babylon or Assyria, had no doubt some strong motive, It is not at all impossible to imagine and even to assign some alternative motives as those most probably at work. One... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:20-27

The death of Josiah. I. JOSIAH 'S MILITARY EXPEDITION . ( 2 Chronicles 35:20 .) Seemingly the only expedition in his reign. 1 . When it took place. "After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple;" i.e. after the eighteenth year of his reign, in point of fact, thirteen years after ( 2 Chronicles 34:1 ). 2 . Against whom it was directed. Necho King of Egypt; in Egyptian, Neku, son of Psammatik I the illustrious founder of the Saitic or twenty-sixth dynasty, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:21

Not against thee this day . Possibly the suggestion couched in these last two words may have been the opposite of agreeable to King Josiah. For God commanded me to make haste . The margin reading of the Revised Version seems preferable, both for the Hebrew text and the connection, hath given command to speed me. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:22

Would not turn his face (so 2 Chronicles 25:17 and its parallel, 2 Kings 14:8 ). Disguised himself . This is, possibly enough, the intention of the word, but it is more probable that the simple meaning is fully armed himself. The Septuagint has strengthened himself. Hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God. Unless these words are intended to convey really their patent and most natural import, it is tenfold strange that they should find a place in the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:24

And he died. If the form of words used in the parallel, 2 Kings 23:30 , be followed, Josiah was dead before they reached Jerusalem. And all … mourned for Josiah . We still find no note whatever of blame attributed to Josiah, and the general mourning ( Zechariah 12:11 ) appears to have been most genuine. read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 35:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 35:25

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 35:27

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:1-27

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:20-27

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:20-27

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:24

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