The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:1
Again the name of the mother is omitted. From the parallel we learn she was "Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath." read more
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Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:1-7
Josiah the good. I. HIS EARLY ACCESSION . "Josiah ['Whom Jehovah heals'] was eight years old when he began to reign" ( 2 Chronicles 34:1 ). Manasseh, Uzziah, and Joash had been twelve, sixteen, and seven respectively when they ascended the throne. Generally speaking, it is perilous to have greatness thrust upon one at too early an age; sometimes premature responsibility calls forth capacities that might otherwise have continued latent. Edward VI ; who assumed the crown of England... read more
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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
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:3
This, with the following four verses, forms the commentary on the statement of 2 Chronicles 34:2 , that Josiah "declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left." We cannot mistake the allusion in this verse to his personal religion at, say, sixteen years of age, as the foundation of his religious reign and of the practical devotion to reformation, instanced as commencing with his twentieth year. It may be here noted that the Prophet Jeremiah was called to his work in the year following... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:3
(first part). Piety in youth. That Josiah "while he was yet young … began to seek after the God of David his father" is to us an interesting fact; it provides an example to the young and an incentive to those who have charge of their welfare. Respecting piety in youth it is well to consider— I. HOW MUCH THERE IS TO COMMEND IT . 1 . All life belongs to God, and therefore this part of it. Unto him who gave us our existence and all our powers, and in whom we live... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:4
Note references in Le 2 Chronicles 26:1 , 30. The images , that were on high above them; i.e; as Revised Version, the sun - images ( הַחַמָּנִים ). The word and name occur only eight times—in Leviticus as just quoted; in our Second Book of Chronicles three times; in Isaiah twice; and in Ezekiel twice. The groves ; i.e. the Asherim; again as last verse. The carved images ; Revised Version, graven images; Hebrew, הַפְסִלִים . This word is found twenty-two times,... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:5
Note herein the striking fulfilment of 1 Kings 13:1-3 , of which our parallel ( 2 Kings 23:12-14 , 2 Kings 23:16-20 ) gives a more detailed account, especially as regards Israel, though not failing to recognize Judah and Jerusalem's share in the need of purgation and punishment. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:6
In the cities of Manasseh,… Ephraim,… Simeon, even unto Naphtali. Manasseh and Ephraim lay very nearly in the centre of the whole land, while Simeon and Naphtali were respectively at the southern and northern extremities. With their mattocks. This rendering may be correct, and cannot be said to be foreign to the sense and connection of the passage, the Hebrew word in that ease being the feminine plural of חֶרֶב Perhaps, however, the word is one with that found in Psalms 109:10 , and... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 34:6
The cities of Manasseh - Even those who were under the government of the Israelitish king permitted their idols and places of idolatry to be hewn down and destroyed: after the truth was declared and acknowledged, the spade and the axe were employed to complete the reformation. read more