2 Chronicles 34:9

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 34:9

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:1-33

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:1-33

The reign of Josiah-its unexpected boon, in a republication of revealed religion, with the legitimate and happy results following thereupon. In the reign and person of Josiah, once more and for the last time in the now numbered years of the kingdom of Judah, the light of piety and "goodness" flickered up in the socket. His reign began when his yearn numbered but eight; it lasted thirty-one years. Four reigns succeeded his to the date of the destruction of Jerusalem, but the four together... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:8-13

The repairing of the temple by Josiah. I. THE COMMISSIONERS . 1 . Their names. Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the king's secretary ( 2 Chronicles 34:15 ); Maaseiah the governor of the city; and Josh the son of Joahaz, the recorder or chronicler. 2 . Their business. To repair the house of the Lord. This had been done two centuries before by Joash ( 2 Chronicles 24:12 ), and nearly one century before by Hezekiah ( 2 Chronicles 29:12-19 ). During the reigns of Manasseh and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:9

Hilkiah the high priest . Of Hilkiah's ancestors and descendants we learn something in the following references: 1 Chronicles 6:13 , 1 Chronicles 6:14 ; 1 Chronicles 9:11 ; 2 Kings 25:18 ; Nehemiah 11:11 ; Ezra 7:1 . They delivered . This means that Hilkiah's people delivered of what they had collected to Shaphan and his colleagues, who again in their turn ( Ezra 7:10 ) "put it into the hand of the workmen,' etc. This is certainly the meaning of 2 Kings 22:4-9 . And they... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 34:8-11

2 Chronicles 34:8-11. When he had purged the land and the house The house of God, called the house, by way of eminence. And they returned to Jerusalem That is, the Levites, who had gone abroad through all Josiah’s kingdom to gather money for this use, and now came with it to Jerusalem to lodge it in the treasuries of the Lord’s house. To floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed The chambers adjoining to the temple, or within the courts. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:1-33

The final reform (34:1-35:27)Another reform swept Judah during the reign of Josiah (34:1-33; see notes on 2 Kings 22:1-23:20). As with the reform of Hezekiah, the climax in the eyes of the Chronicler was a great Passover Feast in Jerusalem.After returning the ark to its rightful place in the temple, the priests and Levites prepared themselves for their duties. Josiah arranged them in divisions as Hezekiah had done earlier, so that the music, singing, sacrifices and other rituals could be... read more

Thomas Constable

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

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