2 Kings 22:16 - Exposition

Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place— i.e. Jerusalem— and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the King of Judah hath read . In the parallel passage of Chronicles ( 2 Chronicles 34:24 ) the expression used is stronger, viz, "Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have road before the King of Judah." The passage which most strongly affected Josiah was probably that, already mentioned, in Deuteronomy 28:1-68 ; which began with a series of curses.