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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 22:1-10

Concerning Josiah we are here told, I. That he was very young when he began to reign (2 Kgs. 22:1), only eight years old. Solomon says, Woe unto thee, O land! when thy king is a child; but happy art thou, O land! when thy king is such a child. Our English Israel had once a king that was such a child, Edward VI. Josiah, being young, had not received any bad impressions from the example of his father and grandfather, but soon saw their errors, and God gave his grace to take warning by them. See... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 22:8

And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe ,.... Not at the first time of his message to him, but afterwards that he attended on him upon the same business; after the high priest had examined the temple to know what repairs it wanted, and where: I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord ; some think this was only the book of Deuteronomy, and some only some part of that; rather the whole Pentateuch, and that not a copy of it, but the very autograph of Moses,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 22:8

I have found the book of the law - Was this the autograph of Moses? It is very probable that it was, for in the parallel place; 2 Chronicles 34:14 , it is said to be the book of the law of the Lord by Moses. It is supposed to be that part of Deuteronomy (28, 29, 30, and 31), which contains the renewing of the covenant in the plains of Moab, and which contains the most terrible invectives against the corrupters of God's word and worship. The rabbins say that Ahaz, Manasseh,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:1-13

A righteous branch from a wicked root. Josiah is the most astonishing instance that is contained in Scripture of goodness springing up, and attaining high perfection under the most extraordinarily unfavorable circumstances. Josiah was— I. THE SON OF AN EXTRAORDINARILY WICKED FATHER . Amon, Josiah's father, did evil in the sight of the Lord to an extent scarcely equaled even by any of the Israelite monarchs. "He forsook the Lord God of his fathers" ( 2 Kings 21:22 ), and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:1-20

ACCESSION OF JOSIAH . REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE . RECOVERY OF THE BOOK OF THE LAW . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:1-20

A monarch of rare virtue, and a God of retributive justice. "Josiah was eight years old," etc. There are two subjects in this chapter that arrest our attention, and which are fertile with suggestions. I. A MONARCH OF RARE VIRTUE . "Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem," etc. In this monarch we discover four distinguished merits. 1. Religiousness of action . "He did that which was right in the sight of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:8

And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the Law in the house of the Lord. There has been great difference of opinion as to what it was which Hilkiah had found. Ewald believes it to have been the Book of Deuteronomy, which had, he thinks, been composed some thirty or forty years before in Egypt by a Jewish exile, and had found its way, by a sort of chance , into Palestine, where "some priest " had placed a copy of it in the temple. Thenius... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:8-13

A strange loss, and a strange recovery. The loss by a nation of its sacred book is a strange and extraordinary occurrence. Books deemed sacred are naturally so highly valued and so deeply reverenced that the utmost care is taken of them. Generally, copies are multiplied and are in so many hands that the loss of all, while the nation itself survives, is practically impossible. It is practically impossible, nowadays, that the Christians should lose their Bible, or the Mohammedans their Koran,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:8-14

Discovery of the book of the Law . When Shaphan had transacted with Hilkiah the business entrusted to him by the king, Hilkiah took the opportunity of sending word by him to the king with respect to a discovery that he had recently made, during the investigations connected with the repairs. He had found a book, which he called without any doubt or hesitation, "the book of the Law"— סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה —and this book he put into the hands of Shaphan, who "read it," i.e. some of it,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:8-20

The finding of the Law-book. The finding of the book of the Law by Hilkiah in the temple marks a distinct turning-point in Josiah's reformation It is admitted generally that this Law-book included, if it did not exclusively consist of, the Book of Deuteronomy. As it is further allowed that some of the main narrative documents of our present Pentateuch, and the book of the covenant ( Exodus 21:1-36 .-23.), if not also collections of priestly laws, were then in existence, and had long been,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 22:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 22:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Kings 22:8

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:8

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:8-13

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:8-14

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:8-20

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