2 Chronicles 34:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. ”

2 Chronicles 34:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of the Levites there were scribes - Hereto the word “scribe” has never been used to designate a class (compare 1 Kings 4:3 ). But here an order of scribes, forming a distinct division of the Lev...
2 Chronicles 34:13 - 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 34:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Also. Some think this should be omitted with the italics "they were" and "were".
2 Chronicles 34:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
2 Chronicles 34:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephr...
2 Chronicles 34:13 - 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 34:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(8-13) The cleansing and repair of the Temple. (Comp. 2 Kings 22:3-7 ; and the similar account of the restoration by Joash in 2 Chronicles 24:11-13 ). When he had purged. — Omit had. ( Lĕtah ç...
2 Chronicles 34:13 - 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 34:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Disturbing Discovery 2 Chronicles 34:12-21 The finding of the roll of the Law was a very significant incident. That it should have become so rare-apparently this was the only copy extant-was...
2 Chronicles 34:13 - 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 34:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I admire the fidelity and honesty of those workmen who did the work faithfully, and with whom the money was intrusted. How delightful a thing it is to have gracious men about us, in whom we can confi...
2 Chronicles 34:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 wan...
2 Chronicles 34:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Also [they were] over the bearers of burdens, and [were] overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites [there were] scribes, and officers, and porters. Ver. 13...
2 Chronicles 34:13 - 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 34:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz th...
2 Chronicles 34:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Chronicles 34:13 - 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 34:13 - 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 34:13 - 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 34:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Josiah Restores the true Worship
2 Chronicles 34:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 15:18 ; 1 Chronicles 16:38 ; 1 Chronicles 16:42 ; 1 Chronicles 23:4 ; 1 Chronicles 23:5 ; 1 Chronicles 26:1-19 ; 1 Chronicles 26:29 ; 1 Chronicles 26:30 ; 1 Chronicles 9:17 ; 2...

2 Chronicles 34:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 34:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 34:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Chronicles 34:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 34:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 34:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 34:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 34:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 34:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 34:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 34:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 34:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 34:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 34:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 34:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge