2 Chronicles 34:8 - Exposition

It is in some sense as though the work of purification, atoning, penitence, must precede that of practical repentance, of repairing , restoring, rebuilding. The original, however, does not warrant the laying of any stress on the when, found again in the Authorized Version. Shaphau. In the parallel ( 2 Kings 22:3 ) Shaphan is designated "the scribe." His descendants, to the second generation, at all events, did him honor ( Jeremiah 26:24 ; Jeremiah 29:3 ; Jeremiah 36:10 , Jeremiah 36:12 , Jeremiah 36:25 ; Ezekiel 8:11 ; see also 2 Kings 25:22 ). The names of Masseiah ( Jeremiah 35:4 ) and Joah ( 2 Kings 18:18 ) are known, but not marking the present persons.