2 Chronicles 34:8-13 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:8

Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house ,.... The temple; this was in the twenty sixth year of his age, six years this work had been doing before it was finished: he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah : who only is mentioned in 2 Kings 22:3 two more are added here, as follow: and Maaseiah the governor of the city ; the city of Jerusalem, a deputy governor under the king, a sort of mayor or provost: and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:9

And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest ,.... To whom they were sent to advise with about the repair of the temple: they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God ; that is, the high priest, and the Levites the doorkeepers, gave it to the king's ministers; which money was either brought to the temple voluntarily, as the free gifts of the people, for the repairs; or rather what was collected by the Levites, sent throughout the land for that purpose, or it may be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:10

And they put it ,.... The king's ministers did: in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Lord ; whose business it was to inspect the temple, and see what repairs were necessary, and to overlook the workmen in making those repairs; the names of these overseers are in 2 Chronicles 34:12 , and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and mend the house ; that is, the overseers gave the money they received to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:11

Even to the artificers and builders gave they it ,.... To the masons and carpenters: to buy hewn stone ; to put in the room of that which was decayed or fallen down: and timber for couplings ; of boards, beams, and rafters: and to floor the houses ; the chambers, the apartments in the temple, which belonged to the priests and Levites: which the kings of Judah had destroyed ; the idolatrous ones, who had let them go to decay and ruin, taking no care of them. read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:13

Also they were over the bearers of burdens ,.... Who carried the timber and stones to the workmen, to look after them, that they were not dilatory, and that the workmen might not stand still for want of materials being brought to them to work with: and were overseers over all that wrought in any manner of service ; whether in the way of masonry, or in that of carpenters, or of such that served them, or in whatsoever way: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 34:9

And they returned to Jerusalem - Instead of וישבו vaiyashubu , "they returned," we should read יושבי yoshebey , "the inhabitants;" a reading which is supported by many MSS., printed editions, and all the versions, as well as by necessity and common sense. See the note on 2 Chronicles 19:8 , where a similar mistake is rectified. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 34:12

All that could skill of instruments of music - Did the musicians play on their several instruments to encourage and enliven the workmen? Is not this a probable case from their mention here? If this were really the case, instrumental music was never better applied in any thing that refers to the worship of God. It is fabled of Orpheus, a most celebrated musician, that such was the enchanting harmony of his lyre, that he built the city of Thebes by it: the stones and timbers... read more

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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:8-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 34:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 34:12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:1-33

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