2 Chronicles 34:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. ”

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the parallel history of 2 Kings 22 notes; 23:1-30 notes; the writer here being more full on the celebration of the Passover. The only approach to a discrepancy between the two narratives...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 34:1 to 2 Chronicles 35:27 . The Reign of Josiah. See notes on 2 Kings 22, 2 Kings 23:1-30 , which form the basis of the Chronicler's account; but he has made many alterations in a...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Josiah. These two Chapter s are complementary to 2 Kings 22:1 ; 2 Kings 23:30 . See App-56.
2 Chronicles 34:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
2 Chronicles 34:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. Josiah was eight years old - (see the notes at 2 Kings 22:1-2 .) The testimony borne to t...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Reign of Josiah The chapter narrates how Josiah suppressed idolatry and repaired the Temple; how a book of the Law, found in the Temple, was read to the king and the people; and how the nation's c...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Josiah was eight years old. — So 2 Kings 22:1 , which adds, “and his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.”
2 Chronicles 34:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE LAST KINGS OF JUDAH 2 Chronicles 34:1-33 ; 2 Chronicles 35:1-27 ; 2 Chronicles 36:1-23 WHATEVER influence Manasseh's reformation exercised over his people generally, the taint of idolatry...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Toting King's Noble Leadership 2 Chronicles 34:1-11 Josiah was as much better than his father Amon, as Manasseh had been worse than Hezekiah. How strange to find such a pure young soul in the...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The story of Josiah's reign is full of brightness. The conditions around were very terrible, but in this boy king, especially as he developed to manhood, testimony to the government of God was unmist...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This chapter brings us acquainted with the reign of Josiah. He destroyeth idolatry; repaireth the temple; the book of the law being found in the house of the Lord, Josiah causeth it to be r...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ver. 1,2. Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign ,.... Of these two verses, 2 Kings 22:1 , 2 Kings 22:2 .
2 Chronicles 34:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Josiah [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. Ver. 1. Josiah was eight years old. ] Woe to that land whose prince is a child, saith Solomon...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign The reader will find the principal parts of this chapter explained at large in the notes on 2 Kings 22 . and 23., to which he is referred.
2 Chronicles 34:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JOSIAH BEGINS HIS GOOD REIGN (vv.1-7) Josiah was only eight years old when put on the throne (v.1). His father at this time (when he died) was 24 years old, so that he must have been only 16 whe...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Reign of Josiah. B. C. 623. 1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, a...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 34 Josiah's good reign, 2 Chronicles 34:1,2 . He destroyeth idolatry, 2 Chronicles 34:3-7 . He repairs the temple, 2 Chronicles 34:8-13 . The book of the law found,...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] This and next chapter give history of Josiah, and parallel with 2 Kings 22 and 2 Kings 23:1-30 . Josiah’s good beginning ( 2 Chronicles 34:1-7 ); cleanses temple ( 2 Chronicles 34...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:1-3 I. The story of Josiah shows that a child may become a Christian very early in life. He was but fifteen years old when he is spoken of as "seeking the God of his father David."...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 34:5 . He burnt the bones of the priests, and so, perhaps without intending it, he fulfilled the prophecy of the man of God that came to Bethel. 1 Kings 13:2 . REFLECTIONS. As t...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign. Josiah’s early piety I. The possibility of youthful responsibility. Other children besides Josiah have been called to the cares of a kingdom....
2 Chronicles 34:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter, with the following, embraces the entire of the beneficent reign of Josiah, son of Amon—the son an illustrious contrast to the father. The parallel (2 Kings 22-23:30) is...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, having been elevated to the throne by the people of the country, who wanted a descendant of David as their king, and not an assassin, and he reigne...
2 Chronicles 34:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 3:14 ; 1 Chronicles 3:15 ; 1 Kings 13:2 ; 1 Kings 3:7-9 ; 1 Samuel 2:18 ; 1 Samuel 2:26 ; 2 Chronicles 24:1 ; 2 Chronicles 26:1 ; 2 Chronicles 33:1 ; 2 Chronicles 33:25 ; 2 Ki...

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 34:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 34:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 34:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Chronicles 34:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 34:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge