2 Chronicles 34:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. ”

2 Chronicles 34:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he burnt the (d) bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. (d) Read ( 2 Kings 23:16 ).
2 Chronicles 34:5 - 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 34:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

burnt the bones. Thus fulfilling 1 Kings 13:2 .
2 Chronicles 34:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. He burnt the bones of the priests - כומריא kumeraiya, the kemarim, says the Targum. See this word explained,...
2 Chronicles 34:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. He burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars - a greater brand of infamy could not have been...
2 Chronicles 34:5 - 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 34:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(3-7) Idolatry extirpated. This brief account is parallel to 2 Kings 23:4-20 .
2 Chronicles 34:5 - 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 34:5 - 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 34:5 - 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 34:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The younger part of his reign no doubt was agreeable to his childhood, but very tender and imperfect in divine things; yet what an interesting account the Holy Ghost hath given of Josiah, in that whi...
2 Chronicles 34:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars ,.... On which they sacrificed, in detestation of their idolatry, and to deter from it; and this he did according to the prophecy of him, abov...
2 Chronicles 34:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. Ver. 5. And he burnt the bones. ] That those altars might be defiled, discredited, and abhorred for ever....
2 Chronicles 34:5 - 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 34:5 - 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 34:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Chronicles 34:5 - 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 34:5 - 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 34:5 - 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 34:5 - 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 34:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Josiah Restores the true Worship
2 Chronicles 34:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 13:2 ; 2 Chronicles 34:7 ; 2 Kings 23:16 ; Ezekiel 22:24 ; Jeremiah 3:10 ; Jeremiah 4:14 ; Jeremiah 8:1 ; Jeremiah 8:2 ; Numbers 35:33

2 Chronicles 34:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Chronicles 34:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 34:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Chronicles 34:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 34:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 34:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 34:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 34:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 34:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 34:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 34:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 34:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 34:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 34:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Chronicles 34:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 34:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 34:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge