John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Kings 22:17
Because they have forsaken me ,.... My worship, as the Targum; his word and ordinances: and have burnt incense unto other gods ; to Baal, to the host of heaven, and other Heathen deities: that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands : their idols of wood, stone, gold, and silver, which their hands had made, to worship; than which nothing was more provoking to God: therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched ; the... read more
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