John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 23:29
In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt ,.... Who is called in the Targum Pharaoh the lame, because he was lame in his feet, perhaps gouty; Herodotus F24 Euterpe, sive, l. 2. c. 158. also calls him Necos the son of Psammiticus; now it was in the last days of Josiah this king reigned in Egypt, or however that the following event was: that he went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates ; to Carchemish, a city situated upon it; see 2 Chronicles 35:26 , the king he... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Kings 23:25-30
Upon the reading of these verses we must say, Lord, though thy righteousness be as the great mountains?evident, conspicuous, and past dispute, yet thy judgments are a great deep, unfathomable and past finding out, Ps. 36:6. What shall we say to this? I. It is here owned that Josiah was one of the best kings that ever sat upon the throne of David, 2 Kgs. 23:25. As Hezekiah was a non-such for faith and dependence upon God in straits (2 Kgs. 18:5), so Josiah was a non-such for sincerity and zeal... read more