2 Chronicles 34:15-28

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:14-28

This whole paragraph we had, just as it is here related, 2 Kgs. 22:8-20, and have nothing to add here to what was there observed. But, 1. We may hence take occasion to bless God that we have plenty of Bibles, and that they are, or may be, in all hands,?that the book of the law and gospel is not lost, is not scarce,?that, in this sense, the word of the Lord is not precious. Bibles are jewels, but, thanks be to God, they are not rarities. The fountain of the waters of life is not a spring shut... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:14-28

And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord ,.... The Levites, who brought it out of the country into the temple, and from thence brought it to the high priest, who delivering it to the king's ministers, and they to the overseers, the repairs were begun: and then Hilkiah the high priest found a book of the law of the Lord given by Moses house of the Lord ,.... The Levites, who brought it out of the country into the temple, and from thence brought it to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 34:22

Huldah the prophetess - See on 2 Kings 22:14 ; (note). read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 34:27

Because thine heart was tender - "Because thy heart was melted, and thou hast humbled thyself in the sight of the Word of the Lord, דיי מימרא meymera daya , when thou didst hear his words, פתגמוי ית yath pithgamoi , against this place," etc. Here the Targum most evidently distinguishes between מימרא meymera , the Personal Word, and פתגם pithgam , a word spoken or expressed. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 34:28

Gathered to thy grave in peace - See particularly the note on 2 Kings 22:20 ; (note). 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 34:14-28

The hidden treasure. Whether this "book of the Law of the Lord" was indeed the original copy in the handwriting of Moses is a matter of sacred curiosity; but it is nothing more than that. The surprising and all but incredible thing is that Judah should have been reduced to any one copy of the "Law of the Lord." This discovery of Hilkiah and the surprise and the eagerness it occasioned speak to us of— I. THE GUILTY NEGLIGENCE OF WHICH NATIONS AND MEN ARE CAPABLE .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:14-28

The book of the Law. I. THE FINDING OF THE BOOK . ( 2 Chronicles 34:14 , 2 Chronicles 34:15 .) 1 . The finder. Hilkiah the priest ( 2 Chronicles 34:18 ), the high priest ( 2 Chronicles 34:9 ), the son of Shallum ( 1 Chronicles 6:13 ), the son of Zadok; not to be identified with either the father of Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 1:1 ) or the father of Gemariah ( Jeremiah 29:3 ); and certainly to be distinguished from the father of Eliakim, Hezekiah's house-steward ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:18

The implication on the face of this verse as of the parallel ( 2 Kings 22:10 ), is that Shaphan leaves the king to surmise (which he very quickly does), from hearing a portion (Hebrew here, read in it; in parallel, "read it") of the book , what it was. read more

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