John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:12
And the men did that work faithfully ,.... The labouring men, as also their inspectors, see 2 Kings 22:7 . and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari ; the third son of Levi: and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites ; who had their name from Kohath, the second son of Levi: to set it forward ; to urge and animate the men to their work, to keep them constant to it, and see that they did it well: and other of the... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:8-13
Here, 1. Orders are given by the king for the repair of the temple, 2 Chron. 34:8. When he had purged the house of the corruptions of it he began to fit it up for the services that were to be performed in it. Thus we must do by the spiritual temple of the heart, get it cleansed from the pollutions of sin, and then renewed, so as to be transformed into the image of God. Josiah, in this order, calls God the Lord his God. Those that truly love God will love the habitation of his house. 2. Care is... read more