2 Chronicles 34:8-33 WEB

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

Matthew Henry

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:29-33

We have here an account of the further advances which Josiah made towards the reformation of his kingdom upon the hearing of the law read and the receipt of the message God sent him by the prophetess. Happy the people that had such a king; for here we find that, 1. They were well taught. He did not go about to force them to do their duty, till he had first instructed them in it. He called all the people together, great and small, young and old, rich and poor, high and low. He that hath ears to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:8

Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house ,.... The temple; this was in the twenty sixth year of his age, six years this work had been doing before it was finished: he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah : who only is mentioned in 2 Kings 22:3 two more are added here, as follow: and Maaseiah the governor of the city ; the city of Jerusalem, a deputy governor under the king, a sort of mayor or provost: and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder ... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:10

And they put it ,.... The king's ministers did: in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Lord ; whose business it was to inspect the temple, and see what repairs were necessary, and to overlook the workmen in making those repairs; the names of these overseers are in 2 Chronicles 34:12 , and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the Lord, to repair and mend the house ; that is, the overseers gave the money they received to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:11

Even to the artificers and builders gave they it ,.... To the masons and carpenters: to buy hewn stone ; to put in the room of that which was decayed or fallen down: and timber for couplings ; of boards, beams, and rafters: and to floor the houses ; the chambers, the apartments in the temple, which belonged to the priests and Levites: which the kings of Judah had destroyed ; the idolatrous ones, who had let them go to decay and ruin, taking no care of them. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:12

And the men did that work faithfully ,.... The labouring men, as also their inspectors, see 2 Kings 22:7 . and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari ; the third son of Levi: and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites ; who had their name from Kohath, the second son of Levi: to set it forward ; to urge and animate the men to their work, to keep them constant to it, and see that they did it well: and other of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:13

Also they were over the bearers of burdens ,.... Who carried the timber and stones to the workmen, to look after them, that they were not dilatory, and that the workmen might not stand still for want of materials being brought to them to work with: and were overseers over all that wrought in any manner of service ; whether in the way of masonry, or in that of carpenters, or of such that served them, or in whatsoever way: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:8-13

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:29-33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 34:13

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

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