2 Chronicles 34:12-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:12

Faithfully , Refer back to note, 2 Chronicles 31:12 . To set … forward ; Hebrew, לְנַחֶּהַ ; the idea, of course, not so much that of expediting, as of guiding and instructing. The mention of those Levites whoso business was music is rather a surprise, and is not found in the parallel. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:12

Faithful work. "And the men did the work faithfully." It became a godly King of Judah to do anything and everything that was required for the strength and beauty of the temple. For in that sacred edifice centred the religious life of the nation, and there God manifested himself as nowhere else. With us religious thought and spiritual earnestness are not thus localized; and though, after the manner as well as in the spirit of Josiah, we may concern ourselves much with the erection or the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:13

Scribes . Considering the mention of "scribes" in the plural in 1 Kings 4:3 , although it stands alone, till, at all events, the time of Hezekiah (as testified by Proverbs 25:1 ), it is at any rate not improbable that an order of scribes was instituted by Solomon; that it fell into desuetude immediately under the divided kingdom, and, coming into vogue again under Hezekiah, is now mentioned in the natural way we here find it. The mention of the "scribe" in the singular number is of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:14

The time of this verse is not free from ambiguity, which the parallel does not remove. It purports either that, on occasion of "bringing out the money," Hilkiah providentially lighted on his find, or that he availed himself of that occasion to report and give up the find made some time or other previously. The italic-type word "given," in this verse, it is better to discard, and to restore the omitted words, "by the hand of;" i.e. the book was either Moses' original handwriting and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:14-28

The hidden treasure. Whether this "book of the Law of the Lord" was indeed the original copy in the handwriting of Moses is a matter of sacred curiosity; but it is nothing more than that. The surprising and all but incredible thing is that Judah should have been reduced to any one copy of the "Law of the Lord." This discovery of Hilkiah and the surprise and the eagerness it occasioned speak to us of— I. THE GUILTY NEGLIGENCE OF WHICH NATIONS AND MEN ARE CAPABLE .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:14-28

The book of the Law. I. THE FINDING OF THE BOOK . ( 2 Chronicles 34:14 , 2 Chronicles 34:15 .) 1 . The finder. Hilkiah the priest ( 2 Chronicles 34:18 ), the high priest ( 2 Chronicles 34:9 ), the son of Shallum ( 1 Chronicles 6:13 ), the son of Zadok; not to be identified with either the father of Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 1:1 ) or the father of Gemariah ( Jeremiah 29:3 ); and certainly to be distinguished from the father of Eliakim, Hezekiah's house-steward ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:18

The implication on the face of this verse as of the parallel ( 2 Kings 22:10 ), is that Shaphan leaves the king to surmise (which he very quickly does), from hearing a portion (Hebrew here, read in it; in parallel, "read it") of the book , what it was. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:19

With one insignificant exception (the omission here of the word סֶפֶר ), the words of this verse are identical with the parallel in its 2 Chronicles 34:11 . The same, to all purposes, may be said of our twelve succeeding verses, compared with the parallel in its 2 Chronicles 34:12 - 2 Chronicles 23:3 . The king rent his clothes, in grief that the practice of his nation had diverged so terribly from their ever-to-be-venerated Law. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:20

Ahikam the son of Shaphan (see Jeremiah 26:24 ; Jeremiah 40:5 ). Abdon the son of Micah . The parallel ( 2 Kings 22:12 ) and the Syriac Version have "Achbor the son of Michaiah" (see also Jeremiah 26:22 ; Jeremiah 36:12 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:21

For me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah . The parallel shows, "For me, and for the people, and for all Judah" ( 2 Kings 22:13 ), without any apparent specific reference to Israel. Our present passage may intend to glance at the fact that the bettor part of Israel were in captivity; and it will be possible, at any rate, to read the last clause as intending, not "for them that are left in Judah," but "and for them in Judah." That is poured out ; Hebrew, גִחְכָה .... read more

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