E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 22:10
read it. Especially those parts applicable to the then circumstances, such as Leviticus 26:0 . Deuteronomy 28:0 . &c. read more
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E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 22:11
he rent his clothes. Not necessarily on account of his surprise, but on account of the solemnity of the words. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 22:12
Ahikara. The friend of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 26:24 ) and father of Gedaliah (Compare 2 Kings 25:22 .Jeremiah 39:14 , Jeremiah 40:5 ). See note on "Shaphan" (2 Kings 22:3 ). Achbor. Not the same person as Abdon, in 2 Chronicles 34:20 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Kings 22:13
and for all Judah. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "and for the remnant in Israel and in Judah". Compare 2 Chronicles 34:21 . 2 Chronicles 6:4 ); Deborah (Judges 4:4 ); Noadiah (Nehemiah 6:14 ); Isaiah's wife (Isaiah 8:3 ); Anna (Luke 2:36 ); and Philip's daughters (Acts 21:9 ). the wife. Compare the usage (Judges 4:4 ). The employment of a woman as prophet shows the degeneracy of the times, deplored by Isaiah (2 Kings 9:15 ), denounced by Jeremiah (2 Kings 5:7 , 2 Kings... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Kings 22:12
12-15. the king commanded . . . Go, inquire of the Lord for me, c.—The agitated feelings of the king prompted him to ask immediate counsel how to avert those curses under which his kingdom lay and forthwith a deputation of his principal officers was sent to one endowed with the prophetic spirit. Ahikam—a friend of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 26:24). read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 22:1-30
D. Josiah’s Good Reign 22:1-23:30Since Josiah was eight years old when his father died at age 22, he must have been born when Amon was only 14. It was very common, both in the ancient Near East generally and in Israel, for kings to marry very young and to father children when they were early teenagers. [Note: Nadav Na’aman, "Historical and Chronological Notes on the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah in the Eighth Century B.C.," Vetus Testamentum 36 (1986):83-91.] The years Josiah ruled were 640-609... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Kings 22:3-27
2. Josiah’s reforms 22:3-23:27Josiah began to seek Yahweh when he was 16 years old and began initiating religious reforms when he was 20 (2 Chronicles 34:3-7). His reforms were more extensive than those of any of his predecessors. One of them involved the repair of Solomon’s temple (2 Kings 22:5; cf. 2 Kings 12:4-16). He began this project when he was 26.". . . Josiah rules during years in which Assyria fades but also those in which Babylon is not yet ready to rule as far west as Judah and in a... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 22:1-20
Josiah. The finding of a Book of the Law1. Boscath] in Judah: cp. Joshua 15:39.4. That he may sum, etc.] Josiah was contemplating a restoration of the Temple similar to that carried out previously by Joash (2 Kings 12:4.), and a collection of money had been made for the purpose: see 2 Chronicles 34:9. 5. The doers of the work.. to the doers of the work] The first were the overseers, the second were the labourers. 7. There was no reckoning] cp. 2 Chronicles 12:15.8. The book of the law] As the... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Kings 22:10
(10) Read it before the king.—Keil suggests such passages as Deuteronomy 28:0 and Leviticus 26:0. If it were meant that Shaphan read the whole of the book, as Thenius alleges, we should expect “all the words of the book” in 2 Kings 22:11. read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 22:1-20
Josiah repairs the temple (22:1-20)Included in Josiah’s reformation was a project for extensive repairs to the temple, which had been damaged during the reigns of Manasseh and Amon (22:1-7). By this time Assyrian power had weakened considerably, which enabled Josiah to carry out his reformation program without interference from outside. He even extended his power into the conquered territory of the former northern kingdom (see 23:15,19; 2 Chronicles 34:6-7).During the fifty-seven years when... read more