2 Chronicles 35

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35

We are here to attend Josiah, I. To the temple, where we see his religious care for the due observance of the ordinance of the passover, according to the law, 2 Chron. 35:1-19. II. To the field of battle, where we see his rashness in engaging with the king of Egypt, and how dearly it cost him, 2 Chron. 35:20-23. III. To the grave, where we see him bitterly lamented, 2 Chron. 35:24-27. And so we must take our leave of Josiah. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:1-19

The destruction which Josiah made of idols and idolatry was more largely related in the Kings, but just mentioned here in the foregoing chapter (2 Chron. 34:33); but his solemnizing the passover, which was touched upon there (2 Kgs. 23:21), is very particularly related here. Many were the feasts of the Lord, appointed by the ceremonial law, but the passover was the chief. It began them all in the night wherein Israel came out of Egypt; it concluded them all in the night wherein Christ was... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:20-27

It was thirteen years from Josiah's famous passover to his death. During this time, we may hope, thing went well in his kingdom, that he prospered, and religion flourished; yet we are not entertained with the pleasing account of those years, but they are passed over in silence, because the people, for all this, were not turned from the love of their sins nor God from the fierceness of his anger. The next news therefore we hear of Josiah is that he is cut off in the midst of his days and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 35 In this chapter we have an account of the keeping of the passover and its preparation, for which the priests and Levites were ordered to prepare, and to which Josiah, and his princes, gave liberally, and such an one was kept as had not been for ages past, 2 Chronicles 35:1 , and of Josiah's rash engagement in battle with the king of Egypt, in which he was slain, 2 Chronicles 35:20 and of the great lamentations that were made for him, 2 Chronicles 35:24 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:1

Moreover, Josiah kept a passover unto the Lord in Jerusalem ,.... Where only it was to be kept: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month ; the month Nisan, as the Targum, which was the exact time of killing the passover lamb, according to the law of Moses, Exodus 12:6 , in the Vulgate Latin version of the Apocrypha in:"And Josias held the feast of the passover in Jerusalem unto his Lord, and offered the passover the fourteenth day of the first month;' (1... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:2

And he set the priests in their charges ,.... In their offices, and in their proper places, to execute them: and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord ; to attend it with cheerfulness and constancy, and do it according to the will of God, promising his favour and protection. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:3

And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel ,.... Whose business it was to go through the several tribes, and instruct them in the knowledge of God, his word and worship, statutes and ordinances. In an ancient MS. mentioned by Junius, it is read, "who prepared for all Israel the holy things", &c.; which were holy unto the Lord ; who were consecrated to the name of the Lord, as the Targum, dedicated to his worship and service; or it may signify the holy things they taught or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:4

And prepare yourselves ,.... To do their work in this service of the sanctuary, the passover; that they be ready to do it, and diligent in it, and perform it according to the law of God: by the houses of your fathers, after your courses ; such of them whose turn in course it was to officiate: according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son ; who had given in writing directions in what manner their courses should be observed, see 1... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:5

And stand in the holy place ,.... The court of the priests, where their ministrations were: according to the divisions of the families of your brethren the people ; of the other tribes, who were according to their families to provide a lamb for the passover: and after the division of the families of the Levites ; who were obliged to observe the same ordinance in their respective families, and for whom, as well as for the other families of Israel, they were to slay the lamb. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 35:6

So kill the passover ,.... In the manner, time, and place, and for the persons it should be killed: and sanctify yourselves : by washing themselves and garments, that they might be fit for this service: and prepare your brethren ; prepare a lamb for your brethren, or instruct them how to perform their office that needed instruction: that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses ; celebrate the ordinance of the passover in all its rites, according to the... read more

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