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Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:29-30

THE DEATH OF JOSIAHB.C. 608.2 Kings 23:29-30"Howl, O fir tree; for the cedar is fallen."- Zechariah 11:2JOSIAH survived by thirteen years the reformation and covenant which are the chief events of his reign. He lived in prosperity and peace. He did justice and judgment; the poor and needy flourished under his royal protection; and it was well with him. It seemed as if the Deuteronontic blessings on faithfulness to its law were about to be abundantly fulfilled, when "the azure calm of heaven"... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Kings 23:1-30

2. The Results of the Revival and the Death of Josiah CHAPTER 23:1-30 1. The People hear the law (2 Kings 23:1-2 ; 2 Chronicles 34:0 ) 2. Josiah makes a covenant (2 Kings 23:3 ) 3. The great reformations (2 Kings 23:4-20 ) 4. The Passover celebrated (2 Kings 23:21-23 ; 2 Chronicles 35:0 ) 5. Further statements concerning Josiah (2 Kings 23:24-27 ) 6. The death of Josiah (2 Kings 23:29-30 ) It is a great scene with which this chapter opens. The king feels now his responsibility... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Kings 23:29

23:29 In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah {s} went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.(s) Because Pharaoh passed through his country, he was afraid Pharaoh would have done him harm and would have stopped him, yet he did not consult the Lord, and therefore was slain. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 23:1-37

JOSIAH'S COVENANT AND JUDGMENT OF IDOLATRY (vv.1-20) Being king in Judah and therefore the representative of all the people, Josiah realised his responsibility of involving them all in hearing the Word of God. Beginning with the elders, he called the people to the house of the Lord. Thus, elders, priests, prophets and the common people were gathered (vv.1-2). There Josiah himself read all the words of the Book of the Covenant, which would include the five books of Moses. The king then made... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:1-37

JUDAH UNDER JOSIAH HIS IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORS (2 Kings 21:1-26 ) Manasseh’s history shows that a good father does not always make a good son. The summary of his reign (2 Kings 21:1-9 ) ranks him with Ahaz, as the two wickedest kings Judah had known. Note that the same punishment which had fallen on Israel is soon to overtake Judah (2 Kings 21:13 ), and this despite Manasseh’s “humbleness,” as indicated in 2 Chronicles 33:11-19 . The brief reign of Amon (2 Kings 21:19-26 ) was in character... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 2 Kings 23:1-37

2 Kings 23:0 1. And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. 2. And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the Lord. [It has been pointed out that there were not more than two or three prophets in... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Kings 23:28-30

No character among the sons of men is free from imperfection. The best pictures have their shade. Of none but he who is the brightness of his Father's glory, and fairer than the children of men, could it ever be said that in his mouth was found no guile. None but thee, thou blessed Jesus, was altogether holy, harmless, undefiled; separate from sinners, and higher than the heavens! Josiah, we see in this instance, lost his confidence in the Lord. What though Pharaoh went up against the king of... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:29

Nechao, six years (Usher, the year of the world 3394.) after he had succeeded his father Psammetichus, with whose ambitious views hew as animated to attempt the conquest of Asia. (Marsham s'e6c. 18.) Pharao pretends that God had sent him to attack the Assyrians, 2 Paralipomenon xxxv. 21. But Josias thought he was only imposing on him, or speaking through fear. The Jews assert that Jeremias also opposed the king's design, 3 Esdras i. 28. (St. Jerome, ad Ctesip.) But this does not appear from the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 23:25-30

25-30 Upon reading these verses, we must say, Lord, though thy righteousness be as the great mountains, evident, plainly to be seen, and past dispute; yet thy judgments are a great deep, unfathomable, and past finding out. The reforming king is cut off in the midst of his usefulness, in mercy to him, that he might not see the evil coming upon his kingdom: but in wrath to his people, for his death was an inlet to their desolations. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 2 Kings 23:21-30

The Passover Kept v. 21. And the king, probably in the early years of his reformatory labors, commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover unto the Lord, your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant, Exodus 12:3; Leviticus 23:5; Numbers 9:2; Deuteronomy 16:2. This command was carried out, as we read 2 Chronicles 35:1-Psalms :. v. 22. Surely there was not holden such a Passover from the days of the Judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of... read more