2 Kings 22:12 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 22:11-20

We hear no more of the repairing of the temple: no doubt that good work went on well; but the book of the law that was found in it occupies us now, and well it may. It is not laid up in the king's cabinet as a piece of antiquity, a rarity to be admired, but it is read before the king. Those put the truest honour upon their Bibles that study them and converse with them daily, feed on that bread and walk by that light. Men of honour and business must look upon an acquaintance with God's word to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 22:12

And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest ,.... The high priest, as he is called, 2 Kings 22:4 . and Ahikam the son of Shaphan ; whether the same with Shaphan the scribe, before mentioned, or another of the same name, is not certain: and Achbor the son of Michaiah ; who is called Abdon, the son of Micah, 2 Chronicles 34:20 . and Shaphan the scribe ; who brought and read the book to the king: and Asahiah, a servant of the king's ; that waited on him constantly: saying ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:1-13

A righteous branch from a wicked root. Josiah is the most astonishing instance that is contained in Scripture of goodness springing up, and attaining high perfection under the most extraordinarily unfavorable circumstances. Josiah was— I. THE SON OF AN EXTRAORDINARILY WICKED FATHER . Amon, Josiah's father, did evil in the sight of the Lord to an extent scarcely equaled even by any of the Israelite monarchs. "He forsook the Lord God of his fathers" ( 2 Kings 21:22 ), and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:1-20

ACCESSION OF JOSIAH . REPAIR OF THE TEMPLE . RECOVERY OF THE BOOK OF THE LAW . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:1-20

A monarch of rare virtue, and a God of retributive justice. "Josiah was eight years old," etc. There are two subjects in this chapter that arrest our attention, and which are fertile with suggestions. I. A MONARCH OF RARE VIRTUE . "Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem," etc. In this monarch we discover four distinguished merits. 1. Religiousness of action . "He did that which was right in the sight of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:8-13

A strange loss, and a strange recovery. The loss by a nation of its sacred book is a strange and extraordinary occurrence. Books deemed sacred are naturally so highly valued and so deeply reverenced that the utmost care is taken of them. Generally, copies are multiplied and are in so many hands that the loss of all, while the nation itself survives, is practically impossible. It is practically impossible, nowadays, that the Christians should lose their Bible, or the Mohammedans their Koran,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:8-14

Discovery of the book of the Law . When Shaphan had transacted with Hilkiah the business entrusted to him by the king, Hilkiah took the opportunity of sending word by him to the king with respect to a discovery that he had recently made, during the investigations connected with the repairs. He had found a book, which he called without any doubt or hesitation, "the book of the Law"— סֵפֶר הַתּוֹרָה —and this book he put into the hands of Shaphan, who "read it," i.e. some of it,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:8-20

The finding of the Law-book. The finding of the book of the Law by Hilkiah in the temple marks a distinct turning-point in Josiah's reformation It is admitted generally that this Law-book included, if it did not exclusively consist of, the Book of Deuteronomy. As it is further allowed that some of the main narrative documents of our present Pentateuch, and the book of the covenant ( Exodus 21:1-36 .-23.), if not also collections of priestly laws, were then in existence, and had long been,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:12

And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan. "Ahikam the son of Shaphan" is almost certainly Jeremiah's protector at the court of Jehoiakim ( Jeremiah 26:24 ), the father of the Godaliah who wan made governor of Judaea on Nebuchadnezzar's final conquest ( Jeremiah 39:14 ; Jeremiah 40:7 ). "Shaphan;' his father, is no doubt "Shaphan the scribe." And Achbor the son of Michaiah. The parallel passage of Chronicles ( 2 Chronicles 34:20 ) has "Abdon the son... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 22:12-13

2 Kings 22:12-13. Asahiah, a servant of the king’s Who most constantly waited upon the king’s person; otherwise all of those here mentioned were the king’s servants. Go ye, inquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, &c. What we shall do to appease his wrath, and whether the curses here threatened must come upon us without remedy, or whether there be hope in Israel concerning the prevention of them. For great is the wrath of the Lord, because our fathers, &c. In the glass of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 22:11-20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 22:12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:8-13

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:8-14

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:8-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Kings 22:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Kings 22:12-13

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