2 Chronicles 34:12 NIV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 34:12

all that could skill = all that had understanding, or ability. read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 34:1-27

P. Josiah chs. 34-35Like Amon’s death (2 Chronicles 33:24), Josiah’s was unnecessarily premature. However, unlike Amon, Josiah was one of Judah’s reformers."Josiah instituted the most thorough of all the OT reforms . . ." [Note: Idem, "1, 2 Chronicles," p. 549.] "Despite this, however, Josiah is not so significant a monarch overall for the Chronicler as he is for the earlier historian [i.e., the writer of Kings]. Much that he records is now to be understood as recapitulation of Hezekiah’s work,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 34:1-33

1. Josiah’s reforms ch. 34The godly in Judah may have regarded Josiah as the most likely candidate to fulfill the promises God had given to David. His early life and reign were spiritually exemplary (2 Chronicles 34:2-3). He sought to purge idolatry from the whole territory of Israel as well as Judah (2 Chronicles 34:4-7). Many of the Simeonites (2 Chronicles 34:6) had allied themselves with Israel religiously (cf. 2 Chronicles 15:9). [Note: Keil, p. 431.] In Jerusalem, Josiah embarked on a... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 34:1-33

Reign of JosiahThe chapter narrates how Josiah suppressed idolatry and repaired the Temple; how a book of the Law, found in the Temple, was read to the king and the people; and how the nation’s covenant with the Lord was renewed.This chapter and the following are, in general, parallel to 2 Kings 22, 2 Kings 23:1-30 with some unimportant variants; but the Chronicler gives more prominence than the writer of 2 Kings to the passover celebrated by Josiah.3. In the twelfth year] In 2 Ki the abolition... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 34:8-13

(8-13) The cleansing and repair of the Temple. (Comp. 2 Kings 22:3-7; and the similar account of the restoration by Joash in 2 Chronicles 24:11-13).When he had purged.—Omit had. (Lĕtahçr is apparently co-ordinate with lĕmolkû, “in the eighteenth year to his reigning, to purging the land “; as if the work of purification had been co-extensive with the reign. The LXX., however, has, “in order to purge the land,” which may be right.)He sent Shaphan.—Who was secretary of state (2 Kings 22:3, “the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 34:12

(12) And the men did the work faithfully.—Literally, And the men were working (or dealing) in good faith in the work. In 2 Kings 22:7 Josiah bids the High Priest not to require any account of the money delivered to the master-workmen, “because they work in good faith.”And the overseers of them were.—And over them were set. The names of the overseers, and the details added in next verse, are peculiar to and characteristic of the chronicler.To set it forward.—To lead, conduct, preside; usually a... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:1-33

THE LAST KINGS OF JUDAH2 Chronicles 34:1-33; 2 Chronicles 35:1-27; 2 Chronicles 36:1-23WHATEVER influence Manasseh’s reformation exercised over his people generally, the taint of idolatry was not removed from his own family. His son Amon succeeded him at the age of two-and-twenty. Into his reign of two years he compressed all the varieties of wickedness once practiced by his father, and undid the good work of Manasseh’s later years. He recovered the graven images which Manasseh had discarded,... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Chronicles 34:1-33

8. Reformation under Josiah CHAPTER 34 The Reign of Josiah and the Reformation 1. The record of his reign (2 Chronicles 34:1-2 ) 2. The beginning of the reformation (2 Chronicles 34:3-7 ) 3. The house of the LORD repaired (2 Chronicles 34:8-13 ) 4. The law of Moses found and read (2 Chronicles 34:14-21 ) 5. Hulda, the prophetess (2 Chronicles 34:22-28 ) 6. The law read and the covenant (2 Chronicles 34:29-33 ) The contents of this chapter are found also in Second Kings, chapters... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Chronicles 34:12

34:12 And the men did the work {g} faithfully: and the overseers of them [were] Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set [it] forward; and [other of] the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.(g) Meaning that they were in such credit for their fidelity that they made no accounts of that which they received, 2 Kings 22:7; 2 Kings 22:9. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 34:1-33

JOSIAH BEGINS HIS GOOD REIGN (vv.1-7) Josiah was only eight years old when put on the throne (v.1). His father at this time (when he died) was 24 years old, so that he must have been only 16 when Josiah was born. But Josiah reigned 31 years in Jerusalem. What a contrast he was to his father Amon! He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, choosing to walk in the ways of David, maintaining a consistent path, not turning to either side, right or left (v 2). Indeed, he was the last king... read more